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S.I. No. 502/2019 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2019
Statutory Text (3 Articles)
1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2019.
2. The 7th day of October 2019 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
(No. 65 of 2015) shall come into operation
(
a
) section 5, and Schedule 2, other than insofar as they relate to the repeal of the
Solicitors Act 1954
to the extent specified in the third column of that schedule;
(
b
) section 13 (insofar as it is not already in operation);
(
c
) section 31;
(
d
) section 33;
(
e
) Parts 3 and 4;
(
f
) section 46, other than insofar as it relates to legal partnerships and multi-disciplinary practices;
(
g
) subsection (1), and subsections (3) to (7) of section 47, other than insofar as they relate to legal partnerships and multidisciplinary practices;
(
h
) section 48;
(
i
) Part 6;
(
j
) Chapter 1 of Part 8;
(
k
) section 103, other than insofar as it relates to legal partnerships and multi-disciplinary practices;
(
l
) Chapter 3 of Part 8;
(
m
) section 135 (insofar as it is not already in operation);
(
n
) Parts 10, 11 and 12;
(
o
) sections 177, 181, 182, 184 to 195, 197, 198, 200, 201 (other than insofar as subsections (1)(c) and (1A), inserted by that section in
section 26
of the
Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994
, relate to legal partnerships and multi-disciplinary practices), 202 to 206 and 208;
(
p
) sections 209 to 215;
(
q
) Schedule 1.
GIVEN under my Official Seal,
7 October, 2019.
CHARLES FLANAGAN,
Minister for Justice and Equality.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation
.)
This Order fixes 7 October 2019 as the day on which certain provisions of the
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
(No. 65 of 2015) come into operation.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in
“Iris Oifigiúil” of
11
th October,
2019.
I, CHARLES FLANAGAN, Minister for Justice and Equality, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
section 1
(2) of the
Legal Services Regulation Act 2015
(No. 65 of 2015), hereby order as follows