S.I. No. 144/1957 - Labourers Acts (Solicitors' Remuneration) Order, 1957.

S.I. No. 144 of 1957.

LABOURERS ACTS (SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION) ORDER, 1957.

The Minister for Local Government in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 31 of the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, after consultation with the President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, hereby orders as follows :—

1. This Order may be cited as the Labourers Acts (Solicitors' Remuneration) Order, 1957.

2. The Taxing Officer for the purposes of rule 51 of the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1912 and rule 52 of the said Order as inserted therein by the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1914 shall, as respects business undertaken on or before the 30th September, 1957, be Moya Quinlan, Solicitor, of 15 Parnell Square, Dublin.

3. Rule 51 of the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1912 and rule 52 of the said Order as inserted therein by the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1914, shall, as respects business undertaken by a solicitor on or after the 1st day of October, 1957, cease to have effect.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Local Government this fifth day of July One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-seven.

PATRICK SMITH,

Minister for Local Government.

Explanatory Note.

Rule 51 of the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1912 and rule 52 of the said Order as inserted therein by the Labourers (Ireland) Order, 1914, regulates the remuneration of solicitors acting for local authorities acquiring land for the purposes of the Labourers Acts, 1883 to 1956 and of solicitors acting for vendors of such land. The effect of this Order is to revoke these rules as respects business undertaken on or after 1st October, 1957; thereafter the remuneration of solicitors for such business will be that ordinarily payable for such business. This Order also appoints a taxing officer to tax costs under the Labourers Orders, 1912 and 1914 in respect of business undertaken before 1st October, 1957.