S.I. No. 577/2008 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 (Apprentices Fees) Regulations 2008

S.I. No. 577 of 2008

THE SOLICITORS ACTS 1954 TO 2008 (APPRENTICES’ FEES) REGULATIONS 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 30th December, 2008.

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 2008 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations 2008.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2009 and The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 2002 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations, 2007 ( S.I. No. 809 of 2007 ) shall from that date stand revoked.

3. (a) The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedulehereto shall have the meanings respectively assigned by the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2008 and, except insofar as may be inconsistent therewith, the provisions of the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ).

(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 2002 or The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ) 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, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ).

SCHEDULE

within referred to

	2009
1. On application to sit the Preliminary Examination	€410
2. 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)	€920
3. On application to sit any one or more (less than all eight) subject examinations of the Final Examination — First Part (per each subject examination)	€110
4. On application to attend the Professional Practice Course I	€8,500
5. On application to attend the Professional Practice Course II	€4,800
6. For each day or part of a day re-attending the Professional Practice Course I or the Professional Practice Course II, or for each day or part of a day attending the Professional Practice Course I or the Professional Practice Course II by a barrister to whom Section 43 (as substituted by Section 51 of the Act of 1994) of the Act applies	€105
7. The subject examination fee for a late application to sit any of the examinations on the Professional Practice Course I or II	€200
8. On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors	€300
9. On the first application to present for a Qualified Lawyer’s Transfer Test	€430
10. The subject examination fee for the examinations in Professional Conduct and Solicitors Accounts	€165
11. The subject examination fee for the examination in European Union Law	€165
12. The subject examination fee for the examinations in Constitutional Law and at the election of the candidate Company or Criminal Law, Contract & Tort, Land Law & Conveyancing and Probate & Taxation	€225
13. 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, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 )	€120
14. Administration fee for processing an application under the Morgenbesser Regulations	€350
15. Administration fee for other applications to the Education Committee	€75

DATED this 17th day of December 2008.

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Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to Section 79 of the Solicitors Act 1954 .

17 December 2008

JOHN D. SHAW,

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.

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17 December 2008

MR JUSTICE RICHARD JOHNSON,

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 ) operative from the 1st day of January 2009.