S.I. No. 401/1979 - Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1979.


S.I. No. 401 of 1979.

SOLICITORS ACTS 1954 AND 1960 (FEES) regulations 1979.

By virtue and in pursuance of Sections 4 , 5 , 79 and 82 of the Solicitors Act 1954 the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland hereby make the following regulations:—

1. From and after the date of these regulations the fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society by the applicant in respect of the matters therein mentioned.

2. These regulations shall come into operation on 12th day of December, 1979.

3. The Solicitors' Practising Certificate Fees Regulations 1978 ( S.I. No. 363 of 1978 ) are revoked as from the date of operation of these regulations as regards applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1980/81 or any later practice year but shall continue to apply to applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1979/80 or any earlier practice year.

4. These regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Act 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1979.

Schedule

(i) On application for a practising certificate for the practice year 1980/81 or any later practice year by a solicitor who practises or carries on his business in the State

141.00

(ii) On application by a solicitor who has been admitted less than three years

101.00

(iii) On application under Section 17 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 for a copy of an entry on File A or File B

1.00

DATED this 12th day of December 1979.

Signed on behalf of The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland

GERALD HICKEY

president of The Incorporated

Law Society of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The fee payable by a solicitor on taking out a practising certificate is raised from £91 to £141 in the case of a solicitor practising more than three years and from £71 to £101 in the case of a solicitor admitted less than three years. The fee payable for a copy of an entry on File A or File B is unchanged.