Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 8th December, 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 5 and 82 of the Solicitors Act 1954 and with the concurrence of the President of the High Court hereby make the following Regulations: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. These Regulations may be cited as The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2024 and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations, 2022 ( S.I. No. 269 of 2022 ) shall from that date stand revoked. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. (a) The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedule hereto shall have the meanings respectively assigned by the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 and, except insofar as may be inconsistent there-with, the provisions of the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ) and the provisions of the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(b) The Interpretation Act 2005 shall apply for the purposes of the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies for the purposes of the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas, except insofar as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 or The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ) or The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ) or these Regulations. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4. As and from the date on which these Regulations shall come into operation, the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be paid to the Law Society of Ireland in respect of courses and examinations provided for in The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ) and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SCHEDULE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to Section 79 of the Solicitors Act 1954. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BARRY MACCARTHY, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President of the Law Society of Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 82 (2) (as amended by Section 25 (1) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 and Section 66 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 ) of the Solicitors Act, 1954 , I concur with the making of these Regulations, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MR JUSTICE DAVID BARNIVILLE, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
President of the High Court | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The principal purpose of the Instrument is to provide for increases in the fees payable to the Law Society of Ireland in respect of courses and examinations provided for in The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ) and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ) operative from the 1st day of January 2024. |