Qualifications for Advocates Regulations, 2015

L.N. 146 of 2015

CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE

(CAP. 12)

Fees for Applications for the Mutual Recognition of

Qualifications for Advocates Regulations, 2015

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 81A of the

Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure, the Minister for Justice,

Culture and Local Government, in consultation with the Minister for

Finance, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Fees for

Applications for the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications for

Advocates Regulations, 2015.

(2) The purpose of these regulations is to introduce an

administrative fee for the purpose of processing and the issue of a

Certificate of Registration to practise the legal profession as

prescribed by the provisions of the Mutual Recognition of

Qualifications Act.

For every application for the issue of a Certificate of

Registration to practise the legal profession as prescribed by the

provisions of the Mutual Recognition of Qualifications Act, the

Director General for Justice shall impose a fee of one hundred euro

(€100) as processing charge and other ancillary expenses related to

the application. Such fee shall be payable on application and shall not

be refundable if the application is not accepted.

€0.09