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S.I. No. 605/2010 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Fees) Regulations 2011.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. (
a
) These Regulations may be cited as The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Fees) Regulations 2011.
(
b
) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of February 2011 and any previous fees regulations made by the Society to the extent that they are inconsistent with these Regulations shall then to the extent of any such inconsistency be no longer applicable.
Interpretation
2. (
a
) The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedule hereto shall have the meanings assigned by the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 and (except insofar as may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008) The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Sixth Schedule) Regulations 2011 (
S.I. No. 604 of 2010
).
(
b
) The
Interpretation Act 2005
applies to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.
Fees for Applications
3. (
a
) Subject to clause (
b
) of this Regulation, from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society in respect of the applications referred to therein.
(
b
) The Society may, in its discretion in any individual instance, waive in whole or in part the fees specified in respect of any one or more of the applications referred to in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULEWithin Referred To
Nature of application
Specified fee per application
Application for a copy of an entry in File A or File B
€100
Application for a certificate of good standing or a certificate of standing
€100
Application for details of any indemnity insurance maintained by a solicitor or firm of solicitors pursuant to
section 26
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994
and regulations made thereunder
€100
Application for a duplicate practising certificate
€50
Application for information relating to a solicitor or firm of solicitors which requires a search in archived records
€100
Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to
Section 79
of the
Solicitors Act 1954
.
15 December 2010.
JOHN E. COSTELLO,
President of the Law Society of Ireland.
Pursuant to the provision of Section 82 (as amended by
Section 25
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960
) of the
Solicitors Act 1954
and
Section 66
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994
, I concur in the making of the within Regulations.
15 December 2010.
NICHOLAS KEARNS,
President of the High Court.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
21
st December
, 2010.
THE LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 82 (as amended by
Section 25
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960
) of the
Solicitors Act 1954
and the Sixth Schedule thereto (as extended pursuant to
Section 66
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994
by The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Sixth Schedule) Regulations 2011) hereby make the following Regulations
Citation and commencement