S.I. No. 127/2007 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Section 44) Order 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the

Solicitors Act 1954

(Section 44) Order 2007.

2. The 21st day of March 2007 is appointed as the day on which section 44 (inserted by

section 52

of the

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

(No. 27 of 1994)) of the

Solicitors Act 1954

(No. 36 of 1954) shall come into operation in relation to the profession of solicitor in the State of New South Wales in the Commonwealth of Australia.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 March 2007

MICHAEL MC DOWELL,

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This order brings

section 44

of the

Solicitors Act, 1954

, inserted by

section 52

of the

Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

, into operation in relation to the profession of solicitor in New South Wales. The effect of the order is that a solicitor qualified in New South Wales may be admitted as a solicitor in Ireland subject to the corresponding conditions under which solicitors whose names are on the roll may be admitted to practise in that country.

S.I. No. 127 of 2007

SOLICITORS ACT 1954 (SECTION 44) ORDER 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

27

th March

, 2007.

I, MICHAEL MC DOWELL, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 44(6) (inserted by

section 52

of the

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

(No. 27 of 1994)) of the

Solicitors Act 1954

(No. 36 of 1954) (as adapted by the Justice (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (

S.I. No. 298 of 1997

)), and being satisfied that, on the day appointed by this Order, reciprocal provisions will be in operation in the jurisdiction to which this Order relates in respect of solicitors whose names are on the roll of solicitors maintained under section 9 (inserted by

section 65

of the

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

) of the

Solicitors Act 1954

, hereby order as follows