S.I. No. 66/1975 - Solicitors' Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1975.

S.I. No. 66 of 1975.

SOLICITORS' ACTS, 1954 AND 1960 (APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION) REGULATIONS, 1975.

The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Sections 4, 5, 25 and 40 of the Solicitors' Act, 1954, and of every other power thereunto enabling them hereby make the following Regulations:—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors' Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1975, and shall be read with the Regulations cited in the Schedule hereto.

2. Subject to the transitional arrangements in Regulation 32 hereof, these Regulations shall come into operation on 1st October, 1975, and shall in so far as they are inconsistent with the Regulations cited in the Schedule hereto be deemed to amend such Regulations on and from that date.

3. In these Regulations the expression

"the Act" means the Solicitors' Act 1954;

"the Society" means The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland;

"the Council" means the Council of the Society;

"the Committee" means the Education Committee appointed under Regulation 5;

"the Registrar" means the Registrar for the time being of the Society;

"an apprentice" means a person whose name has been entered in the Register of Apprentices;

"recognised university" means any of the universities of Ireland, England, Scotland or Wales;

"the Preliminary Examination" and "the Final Examination" have the meanings assigned to them in these Regulations;

"prescribed form" means the form or forms adopted by the Committee from time to time for use in complying with these Regulations.

Other expressions used in these Regulations shall have the same meanings as they have in the Act unless such meaning is inconsistent with the context in which they are used.

4. 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 Act or these Regulations.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

Constitution.

5. (i) At the first meeting of the Council to be held after the Annual General Meeting of the Society each year the Council shall appoint an Education Committee in these Regulations called "the Committee", consisting of nine members including the President, the Senior Vice-President and immediate past President respectively of the Society and six members of the Council.

Tenure of Office

(ii) The members of the Committee shall take office immediately upon appointment and shall held office until the appointment of their successors. Outgoing members shall be eligible for re-appointment. Three members of the Committee shall form a quorum.

Vacancies

(iii) A vacancy arising on the Committee may be filled by the Council at any time and a member appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office until the next meeting of the Council at which the Committee shall be appointed.

Powers and Duties

6. The Committee shall have such powers and duties, in addition to those conferred or imposed upon it by these Regulations, as may be delegated to it by the Council from time to time.

7. The Committee shall prescribe the courses of study to be followed by apprentices and lay down the standards to be attained at the Society's examinations. The Committee shall also consider and adjudicate upon the reports of the Examiners.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

8. (i) For the better discharge of its duties, the Committee shall at its first meeting after its appointment appoint an advisory committee in these Regulations called "The Advisory Committee" comprising not more than nine persons of whom not more than five shall be members of either the Committee or the Council and of whom at least one may be an Examiner.

(ii) A vacancy arising on the Advisory Committee may be filled by the Committee at any time and a person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold office as a member of the Advisory Committee until the next meeting of the Committee at which an Advisory Committee may be appointed under these Regulations.

Lecturers and Examiners

9. The Committee may appoint such persons as it may see fit to be lecturers or examiners or both to the Society upon such terms and conditions and with such remuneration as the Council may approve, and the Committee may at any time remove any person so appointed.

APPRENTICESHIP.

Conditions to be satisfied before Apprenticeship

10. (i) No person shall enter into Indentures of Apprenticeship unless he:—

( a ) Holds a Degree (other than an Honorary Degree) of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Law of a recognised university, or

( b ) holds a University Degree (not being an Honorary Degree) or other qualification, which Degree or qualification in the opinion of the Committee in the particular case is equivalent to a Degree (not being an Honorary Degree) of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Law of a recognised university, or

( c ) has passed the Preliminary Examination established by Regulation 15 (iii) hereof, or

( d ) has been exempted from the Preliminary Examination established by Regulation 15 (iii) hereof under any provision of the Act or of these Regulations.

For the purpose of this sub-paragraph an examination for a degree or qualification referred to at (a) and (b) above shall be equivalent to the Preliminary Examination.

(ii) A person who satisfies the requirements of sub-paragraph 10 (i) hereof on desiring to be registered as an apprentice shall lodge with the Registrar the following documents:—

( a ) an official certificate of his birth;

( b ) a certificate of such degree, qualification (or evidence, to the satisfaction of the Committee, of entitlement thereto) or a certificate of having passed the Preliminary Examination or of having been exempted therefrom;

( c ) a certificate of character in the prescribed form;

( d ) an application in the prescribed form supported by a statement of fitness from his intended Master.

(iii) The Committee may require an applicant or his intended Master, or both of them, to attend for interview prior to the registration of the applicant's name in the Register of Apprentices and no applicant shall enter upon his apprenticeship until he has been informed in writing by the Registrar that his application has been accepted.

Procedure on Apprenticeship

11. An applicant who has been notified by the Registrar that his application has been accepted shall within six months from the date of such notification lodge with the Registrar:—

( a ) A deed of apprenticeship in the prescribed form executed by the applicant and his Master.

( b ) If requested, a statutory declaration by the Master or other evidence of due execution.

( c ) The prescribed fee payable to the Society.

Upon the receipt of the foregoing the Registrar shall enrol the Deed of Apprenticeship and enter the name of the applicant on the Register of Apprentices.

Transfer of Indentures or Supplemental Indentures

12. Before the execution of the transfer of indentures or supplemental indentures under Section 32 of the Act, the apprentice shall obtain the permission in writing of the Committee and shall lodge with the Registrar an application supported by a statement of fitness from the intended new Master and if such application is approved by the Committee the Registrar shall enter particulars of such Transfer in the Register of Apprentices.

EXAMINATIONS AND LAW SCHOOL.

First and Second Examinations in the Irish Language

13. To comply with the provisions of Section 40 (3) of the Act:—

(i) ( a ) an examination described as "a first examination in the Irish Language" shall be held at least once in every year at such time as the Committee may appoint for persons seeking to be registered as apprentices;

( b ) an intending apprentice who was born on or after 2nd October 1914 shall pass a first examination in the Irish Language before entering into indentures of apprenticeship.

(ii) ( a ) an examination described as "a second examination in the Irish Language" shall be held at least once in every year at such time as the Committee may appoint for persons seeking to be admitted as solicitors;

( b ) such examination shall be so conducted and be of such a nature as to secure that persons who pass it have a competent knowledge of the Irish Language, that is to say, such a degree of oral and written proficiency in the use of the language as is sufficient to enable a solicitor efficiently to receive instructions, to advise clients, to examine witnesses and to follow proceedings in the Irish Language;

( c ) every apprentice or person seeking admission as a solicitor, who was born on or after 2nd October 1914, shall pass a second examination in the Irish Language within two years before the expiration of the term of apprenticeship or within two years before admission as a solicitor.

Examinations of the Society.

14. The Society shall hold a Preliminary Examination for persons seeking to be bound under indentures of apprentices and a final examination (which may be divided into two or more parts) for persons seeking to be admitted as solicitors.

Preliminary Examinations.

15. (i) A preliminary examination shall be held once in each year at such time as the Committee may appoint;

(ii) a person seeking permission to sit for the Preliminary Examination shall have attained the age of 21 years at the date of such examination;

(iii) the Preliminary Examination shall comprise—

( a ) an essay in the English Language;

( b ) a paper on English literature;

( c ) a paper on General Knowledge;

( d ) such other subject or subjects as the Committee may from time to time prescribe;

( e ) an interview to assess the suitability of the candidate for registration as an apprentice.

(iv) the Committee may in its discretion exempt from the Preliminary Examination a person to whom paragraph 5 of the Second Schedule to the Act applies.

Final Examination—First Part.

16. (i) An examination entitled "Final Examination—First Part" shall be held by the Society at least once in every year at such time or times as the Committee may appoint.

(ii) The subjects of this examination shall be prescribed by the Committee and contained in a syllabus published annually by the Society. At the date of these Regulations the subjects shall comprise

( a ) Law of Property

( b ) Law of Torts

( c ) Law of Contracts

( d ) Constitutional Law

( e ) Company Law and

( f ) One other legal subject taught in a recognised university in Ireland.

The Committee may without reducing the number thereof, vary the subjects from time to time but shall give not less than one year's notice in so doing.

(iii) An apprentice, other than an apprentice to whom paragraph 5 of the Second Schedule to the Act applies, shall not be entitled to sit for this Examination until he shall have completed one year's service under his indentures of apprenticeship except with the prior consent of the Committee.

Exemptions from Final Examination—First Part.

17. An apprentice who:—

(i) holds or is entitled to hold a degree in law of a recognised university in Ireland or such other degree or qualification as may be recognised by the Committee in the particular case as equivalent to a degree in law, or,

(ii) produces to the Society certificates from a recognised university in the State that he has passed such university's examinations in the subjects specified in Regulation 16 (ii) of these Regulations—may be exempted at the discretion of the Committee in whole or in part from the Final Examination—First Part.

LAW SCHOOL.

Admission to the Society's Law School.

18. (i) For the purposes of Section 40 (1) of the Act, a law school to be known as "the Law School" shall be established and maintained by the Society.

(ii) An apprentice who has passed or has been exempted from the Final Examination—First Part shall be entitled to admission to the Law School.

(iii) The Committee shall provide or arrange for the provision of courses in the subjects specified in Appendix I and Appendix II hereof.

Attendance at Law School.

19. An apprentice who has been admitted to the Law School shall be required to follow for one year the prescribed course of studies in the subjects specified in Appendix I hereof.

Final Examination—Second Part.

20. (i) An examination entitled Final Examination—Second Part (which may be in one or more sections) shall be held by the Society at least once in every year at such time or times as the Committee may appoint.

(ii) The subjects of this examination shall be prescribed by the Committee from among the subjects specified in Appendix I hereof and contained in a Syllabus to be published annually by the Society.

APPRENTICESHIP.

Service under Indentures of Apprenticeship.

21. (i) Subject as next hereinafter provided every apprentice while serving under indentures of apprenticeship shall, after completing the course of studies prescribed in Regulation 19 hereof, attend at the office of his master on a continuous and wholetime basis over a period of 18 months at least for the purpose of receiving instruction in the practice and profession of a solicitor.

(ii) An apprentice with the approval of his master and with the prior consent in writing of the Committee may during the period of 18 months referred to in sub-clause (i) of this Regulation be allowed to hold for a period not exceeding in any case six months, an office or engage in employment in Ireland or abroad which in the opinion of the Committee would be advantageous to him in the furtherance of his legal studies or his preparation for the profession of a solicitor.

FURTHER ATTENDANCE AT LAW SCHOOL.

22. (i) An apprentice who has passed the Final Examination—Second Part and who produces to the Society declarations in the prescribed form by his master and himself and otherwise satisfies the Committee as to his service under indentures, shall be admitted to the Law School for a further term. Thereupon he shall be required to follow for a period of not more than four months the prescribed course of studies in the subjects specified in Appendix II hereof.

(ii) An apprentice seeking admission to the Law School to attend the course prescribed under this Regulation shall at least four weeks before the commencement of such course lodge with the Committee declarations in the prescribed form by himself and his master as to his service under indentures.

(iii) An apprentice or his master or both of them may be requested to attend before the Committee for the purpose of explaining any matter arising out of his service under indentures and on being so requested shall attend in person.

(iv) Subject as hereinafter excepted in sub-clause (v) of this Regulation, an apprentice shall not be permitted to enter the Law School for the purposes of the course described in this Regulation if he has not complied with the provisions of Regulation 21 hereof in regard to his service under Indentures.

(v) Where the Committee is satisfied that the failure of an Apprentice to give due service under Indentures for the prescribed period has been occasioned by the illness of the apprentice or by some other excusable cause the Committee may admit the apprentice to the Law School for the purposes of the course prescribed in this Regulation and direct that the apprentice complete the outstanding period under his Indentures immediately after the completion of such course.

(vi) If, as a result of enquiries which it has made or of information which has been furnished to it by an apprentice or his master, the Committee is not satisfied as to the due service of the apprentice under Indentures, the Committee (except in the case where the service of the apprentice was interrupted by serious illness or other excusable cause) may require the apprentice to serve a further period in the office of his master or of some other approved Solicitor.

Final Examination—Third Part.

23. (i) An examination entitled Final Examination—Third Part (which may be held in one or more sections) shall be held by the Society at least once in every year at such time or times as the Committee may appoint.

(ii) The subjects of this examination shall be prescribed by the Committee from among the subjects specified in Appendix II hereof and contained in a Syllabus to be published annually by the Society.

Discipline and Control of Apprentices.

24. Should the Committee at any time during the service of an apprentice under Indentures or prior to his admission as a Solicitor receive a report from the Registrar alleging improper conduct on the part of the apprentice the Committee shall consider such report and may investigate the allegation of improper conduct therein contained. For the purpose of any such investigation the Committee may make such enquiries and interview such persons as it considers appropriate; and should it find the allegations well founded the Committee shall be empowered to adopt all or any of the following courses namely—

(i) Report to the President of The High Court that the apprentice is not, in its opinion and for the reasons to be given, a fit and proper person to be admitted as a Solicitor;

(ii) Refuse its permission to the apprentice to take any of the prescribed examinations of the Society either at all or for such period as it shall think fit in the circumstances of the case;

(iii) Suspend the apprentice from attendance at the Law School for such period as it shall think fit in the circumstances of the case;

Provided that an apprentice aggrieved by a decision of the Committee under this Regulation may apply to the President of The High Court to have such decision reviewed by him.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION AS A SOLICITOR.

25. Subject to the provisions of the Act and to these Regulations, no apprentice shall be admitted as a solicitor unless he has passed the Final Examination prescribed by these Regulations, completed his due service under indentures and otherwise satisfies the Committee that he is a fit and proper person to be admitted as a solicitor.

EXEMPTION OF BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

26. (i) A person to whom paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to the Act applies and who before becoming bound as an apprentice has complied with the provisions thereof shall be exempt from the Preliminary Examination and from the Final Examination—First Part.

(ii) A practising Barrister-at-Law seeking admission under Section 43 of the Act shall be exempt from passing the Final Examination—First Part.

ENTRY FOR EXAMINATIONS.

27. An intending candidate for any examination shall at least three weeks before the date thereof lodge with the Society a notice in the prescribed form with the appropriate fees.

DECLARATION OF RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS AND STANDARDS.

28. (i) The Committee on being satisfied as to the proficiency of a candidate at any examination shall declare him to have passed such examination.

(ii) The names of the candidates declared to have passed any of the Society's examinations shall be published in such order and manner and with such distinctions as the Committee shall determine.

(iii) The standards required for passing examinations and for the award of distinctions shall be determined by the Committee.

SOLICITORS IN WHOLETIME EMPLOYMENT.

29. A solicitor who is in wholetime employment shall not take an apprentice without the permission of the Committee and such permission, if granted, may be granted either unconditionally or subject to conditions.

EXEMPTIONS.

30. Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, the Committee shall have power in their discretion in any case:—

( a ) to exempt an apprentice from attendance at specified lectures,

( b ) to excuse an apprentice for non-attendance at lectures,

( c ) to permit an apprentice to attend an examination,

( d ) to shorten the time required for giving any notice,

( e ) to authorise the acceptance of any form or notice notwithstanding that it may not comply in all respects with the prescribed form.

DELEGATION TO THE REGISTRAR.

31. The Committee may delegate all or any of its powers under Regulation 30 hereof to the Registrar or to the person for the time being carrying out the duties and functions of the Registrar provided however that any person aggrieved by any decision of the Registrar or of the person for the time being carrying out his duties and functions shall be entitled to have the decision reviewed by the Committee.

TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS.

32. (i) The Final Examination—First Part will first be held at such time not later than the year 1978 as the Committee shall appoint.

The prescribed course of studies referred to in Regulation 19 shall first be held not later than the academic year 1978/79 and shall commence on such date as the Committee shall appoint.

The Final Examination—Second Part will first be held not later than the academic year 1978/79.

The prescribed course referred to in Regulation 22 will first be held not later than the year 1981.

The Final Examination—Third Part will first be held not later than the year 1981.

(ii) For the benefit of all persons who have entered into indentures of apprenticeship before 1st October, 1975:—

( a ) the First Law Examination under the Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations 1955-74 (hereinafter called "the Old Regulations") shall continue to be held up to and including the year 1979.

( b ) The Second Law Examination under the Old Regulations shall continue to be held up to and including the year 1981.

( c ) The Book-keeping Examination under the Old Regulations shall continue to be held up to and including the year 1981.

( d ) The Third Law Examination under the Old Regulations shall continue to be held up to and including the year 1982.

(iii) Apprentices who enter into Indentures after the 1st October, 1975 and before the 1st September, 1978 may take the courses and examinations prescribed under the Old Regulations.

Such apprentices if they qualify under Regulation 17 (i) or (ii) of these Regulations may at the discretion of the Committee be exempted from the First Law Examination under the Old Regulations.

INTERPRETATION OF REGULATIONS.

33. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Regulations, if any difficulty or doubt shall arise as to the interpretation of these Regulations or as to their application in any case or as to the lectures or examinations to be taken by any apprentice, the matter shall be referred to the Committee whose decision shall be final.

REPEALS.

34. The Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) No. 1 Regulations 1974 ( S.I. No. 138 of 1974 ) are hereby revoked.

Dated this 27th day of March, 1975.

Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Societyof Ireland

W. A. OSBORNE,

President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

SCHEDULE

of

APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION REGULATIONS REFERRED TO IN REGULATION I.

The Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1955 ( S.I. No. 217 of 1955 ); 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 ); the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Amendment) Regulations, 1972 ( S.I. No. 49 of 1972 ); the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 47 of 1973 ) and the Solicitors Act, 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 333 of 1973 ).

APPENDIX I.

CONTENT OF VOCATIONAL COURSES AT THE LAW SCHOOL.

(First Session—Regulation 19).

NOTE: References to EEC Law will be included where applicable.

APPENDIX II.

CONTENT OF VOCATIONAL COURSES AT LAW SCHOOL.

(Second Session—Regulation 22).

( a ) Office administration including staff assessment, management and training.

( b ) Cost drawing, including time costing, computer application to office practice.

( c ) Ethics and Professional conduct.

At least two of the following:

1. CONVEYANCING

2. COURT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

3. CONSUMER AND WELFARE LAW

4. LABOUR LAW

5. TAX PLANNING

6. COMPANY LAW

7. EEC LAW

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

BACKGROUND TO THE INSTRUMENT.

1. The Instrument puts into effect the proposals for changes in the system of legal education for Solicitors foreshadowed in the explanatory note to Statutory Instrument No. S.I. 138/1974 the effect of which will be to make the taking of a University Degree the normal pre-requisite for entry upon Apprenticeship and for the establishment of a full time vocational course in training by the Law Society and the improvement of the Apprenticeship system.

(1) Regulation I provides for the method of citing of the Regulations.

(2) Regulation 2 prescribes the date on which the Regulations will come into force.

(3) Regulation 3 defines certain terms used in the Regulations.

(4) Regulation 4 provides for the application of the Interpretation Act, 1937 to the Regulations.

(5) Regulation 5 provides for the establishment of an Education Committee, which will replace the existing Court of Examiners of the Incorporated Law Society with an increased membership.

(6) Regulations 6 and 7 set out the powers and duties of the Committee.

(7) Regulation 8 provides for the establishment of an Advisory Committee to assist the Education Committee.

The Incorporated Law Society is precluded from delegating its functions under thhe Solicitors Acts to a Committee which is not formed exclusively of members of the Council of the Incorporated Law Society and accordingly such functions must be exercised by the Education Committee. It is felt that an Advisory Committee, partly composed of persons who are not members of the Council of the Law Society, would be in a position to render considerable assistance to the Education Committee.

(8) Regulation 9 provides for the appointment of Lecturers and Examiners to the Society.

(9) Regulation 10 provides that only persons who hold Arts or Law Degrees of a University in Ireland, England, Scotland or Wales, or a University Degree or other qualification which in the opinion of the Education Committee is equivalent to a Degree of a University in Ireland, England, Scotland or Wales, or a person who has passed or been exempted from the preliminary examination of the Incorporated Law Society will be admitted to Apprenticeship. The Regulation goes on to provide for the other requirements which a prospective Apprentice must comply with.

(10) Regulation 11 provides for the enrolling of the Deed of Apprenticeship with the Law Society after its execution.

(11) Regulation 12 contains the provisions governing the transfer of Indentures.

(12) Regulation 13 sets out the provisions of the legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act, 1929 in so far as they apply to Solicitors' Apprentices.

(13) Regulation 14 provides for the holding of a preliminary examination and the final examination which may be divided into several parts.

(14) Regulation 15 contains the provisions for the holding of the preliminary examination and the subjects of such examination.

(15) Regulation 16 provides for the holding of the final examination, first part, which is primarily intended for persons who do not hold Law Degrees from an Irish University. The purpose of the examination is to ensure that candidates entering the Society's Law School for the Vocational course have sufficient grounding in academic law subjects to enable them to take the Vocational course.

(16) Regulation 17 provides for the exemption of persons with certain qualifications from the final examination, first part.

(17) Regulation 18 provides for the establishment of the Society's Law School which is to be open to Apprentices who have passed or being exempted from the final examination, first part.

(18) Regulation 19 provides for the length of the course of studies, the subjects of which are specified in the appendix to the Instrument.

(19) Regulation 20 provides for the holding of the final examination, second part, which will be based on the subjects covered in the Law Society's Vocational Courses.

(20) Regulation 21 prescribes full and whole time attendance at the office of the Master by the Apprentice for a period of 18 months subject to a saver that with the consent of the Master and the Incorporated Law Society the Apprentice may be permitted to spend a period not exceeding 6 months of the 18 months' Apprenticeship period in an office or employment other than that of the Master.

(21) Regulation 22 provides for the attendance of the Apprentice at a second course in the Incorporated Law Society's Law School for a period of not more than four months and following the course provided as specified in appendix 2 of the Regulation.

An Apprentice will not be permitted to enter the Law School for the second course unless the Society is satisfied about the service of the Apprentice under Indentures and Regulation 22 contains provisions for enquiry into the nature and extent of such service.

(22) Regulation 23 provides for the holding of a final examination, third part, a course for which will be the second course in the Law School.

(23) Regulation 24 provides for the exercise by the Committee of Disciplinary powers over Apprentices.

(24) Regulation 25 prescribes that no person is to be admitted until he has passed all the required examinations.

(25) Regulation 26 provides for exemptions of Barristers-at-Law from certain examinations in accordance with the terms of the Solicitors Acts.

(26) Regulation 27 provides for the giving of notice of entry to the examinations.

(27) Regulation 28 empowers the Education Committee to adjudicate on the results of examinations and to publish the results.

(28) Regulation 29 restricts Solicitors in whole time employment from taking Apprentices without permission of the Education Committee.

(29) Regulation 30 provides for the exercise of certain discretionary powers by the Education Committee.

(30) Regulation 31 provides for the delegation of certain of the discretionary powers under Regulation 29 to the Registrar of the Incorporated Law Society.

(31) Regulation 32 contains the transitional arrangements for the changeover from the old system to the new and for the dates on which the first courses under the new system and first examinations will be held. It also provides for the phasing out of the old examination systems and allows Apprentices qualifying under the old system until 1982 to complete their courses under that system.

(32) Regulation 33 provides for the interpretation of the Regulations by the Education Committee.

(33) Regulation 34 provides for the repeal of Statutory Instrument No. 138/1974 whose provisions are in fact re-enacted in this Statutory Instrument.