Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994

Publication of orders.

23.—(1) Where, on the completion of an inquiry by the Disciplinary Tribunal held under section 7(3) (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960, the Disciplinary Tribunal have made an order under section 7(9) (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960, the Disciplinary Tribunal shall notify the Society in writing of the making of such order and the Society may arrange to publish the order of the Disciplinary Tribunal, or notice of the making of the order and its effect, in such a manner as the Society think fit.

(2) Where, on the completion of an inquiry by the Disciplinary Tribunal held under section 7(3) (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960, the Disciplinary Tribunal have made an order under section 7(9) (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960, the order of the Disciplinary Tribunal, or notice of the making of the order and its effect, shall not be published by the Society until a period of at least 21 days shall have elapsed after the making of the order, or until any application made under section 7(11) (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960 has been determined by the High Court, and thereafter the notice of the making of the order shall not be published if the Court rescinds the order of the Disciplinary Tribunal.

(3) Where, following the consideration by the High Court of a report of the Disciplinary Tribunal brought before it under section 7(3) (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960, the Court has made an order under the provisions of section 8 (as substituted by this Act) of the Act of 1960, the Society shall arrange to publish the order of the Court, or notice of the making of the order and its effect, in the Gazette of the Society and in any other manner as the Society may decide, save that where the Court has ordered that the name of a solicitor be struck off the roll or that a solicitor be suspended from practice for a specified period of time, the Society shall as soon as possible arrange to publish the order of the Court or notice of the making of the order and its effect in the Iris Oifigiúil and in the Gazette of the Society, and, in addition, in any other manner as the Society may think fit.