S.I. No. 131/1960 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations 1960.

S.I. No. 131 of 1960.

SOLICITORS ACT 1954 (APPRENTICES' FEES) REGULATIONS 1960.

The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 4 , 5 and 82 of the Solicitors Act 1954 and of every other power thereunto them enabling, and with the concurrence of the Chief Justice hereby make the following regulations.

1. From and after the date of these regulations the fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland by the petitioner or applicant in respect of the matters therein mentioned.

2. The Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations 1956 ( S.I. No. 140 of 1956 ) shall be revoked as from the date of operation of these regulations.

3. The Interpretation Act 1937 shall apply for the purpose of the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the purpose of the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas except in so far as it may be inconsistent with the Solicitors Act 1954 or with these regulations.

4. These regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations 1960 and shall come into operation on the 23rd day of June, 1960.

SCHEDULE

	£	s.	d.
1. On application for consent of the Society to enter into indentures	12	0	0
2. On application to attend a first examination in Irish	2	2	0
3. On each subsequent application to attend any first examination in Irish or part thereof	1	1	0
4. On each application to attend any preliminary examination or part thereof after the first	2	2	0
5. On application for entry by the Registrar of indentures of apprenticeship, other than supplemental indentures or a transfer of indentures	68	0	0
6. On application to attend the first law examination	5	5	0
7. On each subsequent application to attend any first law examination or part thereof	3	3	0
8. On application to attend the second examination in Irish	3	3	0
9. On each subsequent application to attend any second examination in Irish or part thereof	2	2	0
10. On application to attend the final examination (to cover the first attendance at the second and third law examinations and the book-keeping examination)	20	0	0

	£.	s.	d.
11. On each subsequent application to attend the final examination or any part thereof	3	3	0
12. On each application to attend a course of lectures under regulation 22 of the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations 1955 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1955 ) or any amendment of the said regulations other than lectures on the rights, duties and responsibilities of solicitors	10	10	0
13. On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors	30	0	0
14. On application for permission to give late notice of intention to attend any examination or course of lectures £2 2s., or such lesser fee as the Society may accept in special circumstances.
Dated this 23rd day of June, 1960.

Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

JOHN J. NASH,

President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

I concur in the making of the above regulations.

(Signed) CONCHUBHAR A. MAGUIDHIR,

Chief Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These regulations (a) are consequential upon the making of the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1960 which provide for an additional course of lectures for solicitors' apprentices on the subject of the law of wills and probate and executorship law and practice. (b) substitute a uniform fee of £10 10s. for each course of lectures provided by the Society for the present fees of £8 8s. for each course of law lectures and £6 6s. for the course of lectures on book-keeping. (c) substitute £20 for £17 17s., as the fee for attending the final examination. The other fees in the schedule are unchanged.