S.I. No. 605/2010 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Fees) Regulations 2011.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st December, 2010.

THE LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Section 82 (as amended by Section 25 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 ) of the Solicitors Act 1954 and the Sixth Schedule thereto (as extended pursuant to Section 66 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 by The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Sixth Schedule) Regulations 2011) hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. (a) These Regulations may be cited as The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Fees) Regulations 2011.

(b) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of February 2011 and any previous fees regulations made by the Society to the extent that they are inconsistent with these Regulations shall then to the extent of any such inconsistency be no longer applicable.

Interpretation

2. (a) The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedule hereto shall have the meanings assigned by the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 and (except insofar as may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008) The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Sixth Schedule) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 604 of 2010 ).

(b) The Interpretation Act 2005 applies to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

Fees for Applications

3. (a) Subject to clause (b) of this Regulation, from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society in respect of the applications referred to therein.

(b) The Society may, in its discretion in any individual instance, waive in whole or in part the fees specified in respect of any one or more of the applications referred to in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULEWithin Referred To

Nature of application	Specified fee per application
Application for a copy of an entry in File A or File B	€100
Application for a certificate of good standing or a certificate of standing	€100
Application for details of any indemnity insurance maintained by a solicitor or firm of solicitors pursuant to section 26 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 and regulations made thereunder	€100
Application for a duplicate practising certificate	€50
Application for information relating to a solicitor or firm of solicitors which requires a search in archived records	€100

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Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to Section 79 of the Solicitors Act 1954 .

15 December 2010.

JOHN E. COSTELLO,

President of the Law Society of Ireland.

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Pursuant to the provision of Section 82 (as amended by Section 25 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 ) of the Solicitors Act 1954 and Section 66 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 , I concur in the making of the within Regulations.

15 December 2010.

NICHOLAS KEARNS,

President of the High Court.