S.I. No. 354/1988 - Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1988.

S.I. No. 354 of 1988.

SOLICITORS ACTS 1954 AND 1960 (FEES) REGULATIONS 1988.

By virtue and in pursuance of Sections 4, 5, 79 and 82 of the Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland hereby makes 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 20th day of December, 1988.

3. The Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1986 ( S.I. No. 447 of 1986 ) are revoked as from the date of operation of these Regulations as regards applications for Practising Certificates for the practice year 1989/90 or any later practice year but shall continue to apply to applications for Practising Certificates for the practice year 1988/89 or any earlier practice year.

4. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1988.

SCHEDULE

(i) On application for a Practising Certificate for the practice year 1989/90 or any later practice year by a Solicitor who practises or carries on his business in the State................	£320
(ii) On application by a Solicitor who has been admitted less than three years.......	£220.00
(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 20th day of December, 1988.

Signed on behalf of The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

MAURICE R. CURRAN,

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 £300 to £320 in the case of a Solicitor admitted more than three years, and from £210 to £220 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.