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S.I. No. 47/1973 - Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973.

S.I. No. 47 of 1973.

SOLICITORS ACT 1954 (APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1973.

The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Sections 4 , 5 and 40 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 , hereby make the following regulations.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1973 and shall be read together with the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations 1955 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1955 ) (hereinafter called "the Principal Regulations"), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1956 ( S.I. No. 307 of 1956 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1960 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1960 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1965 ( S.I. No. 201 of 1965 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1966 ( S.I. No. 230 of 1966 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1968 ( S.I. No. 17 of 1968 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1969 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1970 ( S.I. No. 108 of 1970 ), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education (Amendment) Regulations 1971 ( S.I. No. 218 of 1971 ) and Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1972 ) and shall insofar as they are inconsistent therewith alter and amend the same. The Regulations hereinbefore mentioned may be cited collectively as the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations 1955–1973.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 8th February 1973.

3. Paragraph 10 of the Principal Regulations as amended by the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 ( S.I. No. 110 of 1969 ) is hereby deleted and the following paragraph is substituted therefor.

10. The subjects at the preliminary examination shall be as follows:

Compulsory—English, Mathematics and Latin.

Optional—any three subjects from History, Geography, Greek, a modern language (other than Irish) approved by the Court of Examiners, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Commerce (which is comprised of four sections namely Economics, Business Organisation, Accountancy and Economic History of which the candidate will take one section only).

Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland this 8th day of February 1973.

THOMAS V. O'CONNOR,

President of the IncorporatedLaw Society of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the regulations is to provide that a candidate taking Commerce as one of the optional subjects will take one section only instead of two as at present.