LegalizeS.I. No. 349/1995 - Solicitors (Practising Certificates 1996) Regulations, 1995
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1 amending act · 1996-12-18, S.I. No. 401/1996 - Solicitors (Practising Certificate 1997) Regulations, 1996
| I hereby declare that the particulars set out in Sections A, B and C of this application are correct of my knowledge, information and belief. |
| Dated this _ day of ____199 ___. |
| Name (block letters) __________ |
| Signature_______ |
| Membership of the Society |
| I hereby apply for membership of the Society for the practice year commencing 1st January, 1966. |
| Signature ____ |
PRACTICE YEAR 1996
Registration Fee, Compensation Fund Contribution, Society Membership Subscription and Solicitors' Benevolent Association Contribution
| Solicitors admitted 3 years or more on 1st January, 1996 | Solicitors admitted less than 3 years on 1st January, 1996 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Registration Fee | 545 | 380 |
| Compensation Fund Contribution | 600 | 600 |
| [see note 2 below] | ____ | ____ |
| 1,145 | 980 | |
| Society's Membership Subscription | 50 | 25 |
| [see note 5 below] | ____ | ____ |
| 1,195 | 1,005 | |
| Solicitors' Benevolent Association | 25 | 15 |
| Contribution | ||
| [see note 5 below] | ____ | ____ |
| Total | 1,220 | 1,020 |
NOTES
This form of application must be completed by a solicitor engaged (or intending to engage during the practice year commencing 1st January, 1996) in the provision of legal services whether as a sole practitioner or as a partner in a solicitor's practice or as an employee of any solicitor or of any other person or body, including a solicitor who does not require a Practising Certificate by reason of being a solicitor in the full-time service of the State [within the meaning of section 54 (as substituted by section 62 of the Solicitors (Amendment] Act, 1994) of the Solicitors Act, 1954 ], or of being a solicitor employed full-time in the State to provide conveyancing services only to and for his/her non-solicitor employer [section 56, Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 ].
The Registration Fee and the Compensation Fund Contribution is payable by each applicant for a Practising Certificate.
As and from 1st January, 1966, the practice year will coincide with the calendar year. A Practising Certificate must be applied for before 1st February, 1996 in order to be dated 1st January, 1996 and thereby to operate as a qualification to practise from the commencement of the practice year 1996. During April, 1996, a listing of solicitors holding Practising Certificates as at 31st March, 1996 will be forwarded to each Bar Association, County Registrar, District Court Clerk and Taxing Master.
A solicitor admitted during the practice year commencing 1st January, 1996, if applying for his/her first Practising Certificate during that practice year, may calculate the Registration Fee and the Compensation Fund Contribution payable by him/her on the basis of the number of full calendar months remaining in that practice year following the month of his/her admission.
The Society's Membership Subscription and the Solicitors' Benevolent Association Contribution are each optional. It should be noted, however, that membership of the Society is a prerequisite to obtaining Professional Indemnity cover through the Solicitors' Mutual Defence Fund.
6.
The following concessionary rates apply to the Society's Membership Subscription:
- (a) A solicitor admitted for 40 years or more as at 1st January, 1996— 25.00;
- (b) A solicitor for the year (or part thereof) of his/her admission — 1.00.
7.
A Lawyer's International Professional Identity Card is available to a member of the Society who holds a current Practising Certificate, on receipt by the Registrar of Solicitors of a completed form of application (obtainable on request from the Society) together with a fee of 10.00.
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