Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 2002

Short title, commencement, collective citation and construction.

23.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 2002.

(2) Section 20 shall come into operation on the passing of this Act and the remaining provisions shall come into operation on such day or days as may be appointed by order or orders made by the Minister, either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.

(3) The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994, and this Act may be cited together as the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002, and shall be construed together as one, and references in any enactment, whether passed before or after this Act, to the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960, the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994, or the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002, or to any of them shall be construed as references to those Acts, or as the case may be that Act, as amended or extended by or under any enactment, including this Act.