Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 2002

Amendment of maximum fines provided for in Solicitors Acts.

22.—(1) The following provisions of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002, are hereby amended by the substitution of “€3,000” for “£1,500”:

(a) paragraph (b) of section 55(2) (as amended by section 63 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(b) section 56(2) (as amended by section 64 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(c) paragraph (a) of section 58(2) (as substituted by section 77(a) of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(d) subsection (3) of section 63 (as substituted by section 21 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(e) subsection (16)(a) of section 66 (as substituted by section 76 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(f) subsection (4) of section 8 (as substituted by section 18 of the Act of 1994) of the Act of 1960;

(g) subsection (4)(a)(ii) of section 15 (as substituted by section 25 of the Act of 1994) of the Act of 1960;

(h) subsection (2)(a) of section 19 (as substituted by section 27 of the Act of 1994) of the Act of 1960;

(i) subsections (4) and (7) of section 20 (as substituted by section 28 of the Act of 1994) of the Act of 1960; and

(j) sections 11(5), 15(14) and 78(15)(b) of the Act of 1994.

(2) The following provisions of those Acts are hereby amended by the substitution of “€30,000” for “£10,000”:

(a) paragraph (a) of section 55(2) (as amended by section 63 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(b) paragraph (b) of section 58(2) (as substituted by section 77(a) of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(c) subsection (16)(b) of section 66 (as substituted by section 76 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act;

(d) subsection (4)(a)(i) of section 15 (as substituted by section 25 of the Act of 1994) of the Act of 1960; and

(e) section 78(15)(a) of the Act of 1994.

(3) Section 64(2) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “€3,000” for “one hundred pounds” and for “twenty-five pounds”.