Solicitors Act, 1954

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.