S.I. No. 331/2001 - The Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 2001

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 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 2001.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of October 2001 and The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprentices' Fees) Regulations, 2000 ( S.I. No. 225 of 2000 ) shall from that date stand revoked.

3 (a) The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedule hereto shall have the meanings assigned by the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 and (except insofar as it may be inconsistent with the provisions of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994) The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 ).

(b) The Interpretation Act, 1937 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 1994 or The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 ) 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 Society in respect of courses and examinations provided for in The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 ).

SCHEDULE

within referred to

	£	€
1. On application to sit the First Irish Examination or Second Irish Examination	67	85
2. On application to sit the Preliminary Examination	197	250
3. On application for consent of the Society to entry into indentures of apprenticeship	59	75
4. On application for entry on the Register of Apprentices by the Registrar of indentures of apprenticeship (other than an application for entry of a transfer of indentures)	400	508
5. On application to sit all eight subject examinations of the Final Examination — First Part	376	478
6. On application to sit any one or more (less than all eight) subject examinations of the Final Examination — First Part (per each subject examination)	47	60
7. On application to attend the Professional Course	4,500	5,715
8. On application to attend the Advanced Course	2,520	3,200
9. For each day or part of a day re-attending the Professional Course or the Advanced Course, or for each day or part of a day attending the Professional Course or the Advanced Course by a barrister to whom Section 43 (as substituted by Section 51 of the Act of 1994) of the Act applies	55	70
10. On application to take for a second or any subsequent time any one or more subject examinations of the Final Examination — Second Part or of the Final Examination — Third Part (per each subject examination)	47	60
11. On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors	210	267
12. On each application to present for a Qualified Lawyers' Transfer test	102	130
13. On each application to take each subject of the Qualified Lawyers' Transfer test	102	130
14. On application for a re-check of a subject examination script for any of the examinations provided for in The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 )	36	46

DATED this 12^th day of July, 2001.
	Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to Section 79 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 .

	______________________________ EDWARD McELLIN, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND.
	Pursuant to the provisions of Section 82 (2) of the Solicitors Act, 1954 (as amended by Section 25 (1) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960 ) and Section 66 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 , I concur with the making of the within Regulations.
	DATED this 13th day of July, 2001.

	_______________________________ FREDERICK MORRIS, 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, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 ) operative from 1 October, 2001.