Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008
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Amendment of section 43 (exemptions for practising barristers) of Solicitors Act 1954. |
3.— Section 43 (inserted by section 51 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 ) of the Solicitors Act 1954 , is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (4): | |
“(4) A person to whom this section applies shall not be required to undertake a course of instruction under section 40(2A)(c)(i) (inserted by section 2 of the Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008), if he or she— | ||
(a) has undertaken a course of instruction provided for under section 1 of the Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008, or | ||
(b) has passed, or was, immediately before the commencement of the Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008, exempted from passing any examination in the Irish language prescribed by the Chief Justice under section 3 of the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929 .”. |