S.I. No. 2/1992:

SOLICITORS ACTS, 1954 AND 1960 (FEES) REGULATIONS 1992.

SOLICITORS ACTS, 1954 AND 1960 (FEES) REGULATIONS 1992.

By virtue and in pursuance of Sections 4, 5, 79 and 82 of the Solicitor's Acts 1954 and 1960 the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. From and after the date of these Regulations the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society by the applicant in respect of the maters therein mentioned.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th day of January 1992.

3. The Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1990 ( S.I. No. 324 of 1990 ) are revoked as from the date of operation of these Regulations as regards applications for Practising Certificates for the practice year 1992/93 or any later practice year but shall continue to apply to applications for Practising Certificates for the practice year 1991/92 or any earlier practice year.

4. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Acts 1954 and 1960 (Fees) Regulations 1992.

SCHEDULE.

(i) On application for a Practising Certificate for the practice year 1992/93 or any later practice year by a Solicitor who practises or carries on his business in the state, £431.00.

(ii) On application by a Solicitor who has been admitted less than three years, £301.00.

(iii) On application under Section 17 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 for a copy of an entry on File A or File B, £1.00.

DATED this 6th day of January 1992.

Signed on behalf of The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

ADRIAN P. BOURKE,

President of The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The fee payable by a Solicitor on taking out a Practising Certificate is raised from £345 to £431 in the case of a Solicitor admitted more than three years, and from £240 to £301 in the case of a Solicitor admitted less than three years. The fee payable for a copy of an entry on File A or File B is unchanged.