Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Act 2008

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Number 12 of 2008


LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (IRISH LANGUAGE) ACT 2008


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Establishment of Irish Language Register (King’s Inns).

2. Establishment of Irish Language Register (Law Society).

3. Amendment of section 43 (exemptions for practising barristers) of Solicitors Act 1954.

4. Repeals.

5. Short title and collective citation.


Acts Referred to

Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929

1929, No. 16

Solicitors Act 1954

1954, No. 36

Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2002

Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994

1994, No. 27

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Number 12 of 2008


LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (IRISH LANGUAGE) ACT 2008


AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE BETTER USE OF THE IRISH LANGUAGE BY LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AND THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES THROUGH IRISH AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO PROVIDE FOR COURSES OF STUDY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGISTERS BY THE HONORABLE SOCIETY OF KING’S INNS AND THE LAW SOCIETY OF IRELAND, TO REPEAL THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS (QUALIFICATION) ACT 1929, TO AMEND THE SOLICITORS ACT 1954 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[9th July, 2008]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: