S.I. No. 477/2024 - Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2024

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 24th September, 2024.

I, HELEN MCENTEE, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (2) of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65 of 2015) (as adapted by the Justice and Equality (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 ( S.I. No. 452 of 2020 )), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2024.

2. In this Order, “Act of 2015” means the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (No. 65 of 2015).

3. The 25th day of September 2024 is fixed as the day on which the following provisions of the Act of 2015 shall come into operation:

(a) section 46 (insofar as it relates to legal partnerships);

(b) section 47 (insofar as it relates to legal partnerships);

(c) section 100;

(d) section 101;

(e) section 103 (insofar as it relates to legal partnerships);

(f) section 104;

(g) section 105;

(h) section 113 (insofar as it relates to legal partnerships);

(i) section 116 (insofar as it relates to legal partnerships);

(j) section 117 (insofar as it relates to legal partnerships);

(k) section 121 (other than subsection (2));

(l) section 178;

(m) section 179;

(n) section 201 (insofar as subsections (1)(c) and (1A), inserted by that section in section 26 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 , relate to legal partnerships).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

20 September, 2024.

HELEN MCENTEE,

Minister for Justice.