Solicitors Act, 1954
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Interpretation. |
3.—(1) In this Act— | |
“the Council” means the Council of the Society; | ||
“the Disciplinary Committee” has the meaning assigned to it in section 13; | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties; | ||
“practice year” means any year ending on the 5th day of January; | ||
“practising certificate” has the meaning assigned to it in section 46; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Society; | ||
“the register of practising solicitors” has the meaning assigned to it in section 47; | ||
“registrar” has the meaning assigned to it in section 8; | ||
“the roll” has the meaning assigned to it in section 9; | ||
“the Society” means the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland; | ||
“solicitor” means a solicitor of the Courts of Justice; | ||
“solicitor in the full-time service of the State” has the meaning assigned to it in subsection (3) of section 54; | ||
“solicitor qualified to practise” has the meaning assigned to it in subsection (1) of section 54; | ||
“trust” and “trustee” extend to implied or constructive trusts and to cases where the trustee has a beneficial interest in the trust property, and to the duties incident to the office of a personal representative, and “trustee”, where the context admits, includes a personal representative; | ||
“unqualified person” means— | ||
(a) a solicitor who is not a solicitor qualified to practise, or | ||
(b) a person who is not a solicitor. | ||
(2) A reference in this Act to performance of functions includes, as respects powers, a reference to exercise of those powers. | ||
(3) A reference in this Act to contravention of a provision includes, where appropriate, a reference to refusal or failure to comply with that provision. | ||
(4) A reference in this Act to the Chief Justice shall, where the function in question stands delegated under section 6 of this Act to a judge of the Supreme Court or High Court, be construed as a reference to that judge. |