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S.I. No. 657/2024 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations 2024

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  3. s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 2024 S.I. No. 657/2024 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations 2024 S.I. No. 657/2024 - The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations 2024 AmendmentsLeasuithe Download PDF Íoslódáil PDF Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th November, 2024. 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 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations 2024. 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January 2025 and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 (Apprentices’ Fees) Regulations, 2023 ( S.I. No. 602 of 2023 ) shall from that date stand revoked. 3. (
  4. a)The words and phrases in these Regulations and in the Schedule hereto shall have the meanings respectively assigned by the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2015 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 ) and the provisions of The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ). (
  5. 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 2015 or The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001 ( S.I. No. 546 of 2001 ) or The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ) 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 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 ) and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ). SCHEDULE within referred to 1 January 2025 1. On application to sit the Preliminary Examination €470 2. On application for an entry on the Register of Apprentices by the Registrar of indentures of apprenticeship (other than an application for entry of a transfer of indentures) €970 3. On application to sit any one or more subject examinations of the Final Examination – First Part (per each subject examination) €125 4. On application to attend the Professional Practice Course €11,850 5. On application to attend an Advanced Elective (per Advanced Elective) €710 6. On application to attend two Advanced Electives €1,390 7. On application to attend three Advanced Electives €2,000 8. On application to attend four Advanced Electives €2,600 9. For each day or part of a day re-attending the Professional Practice Course or an Advanced Elective €125 10. For each day or part of a day attending the Professional Practice Course or an Advanced Elective by a barrister to whom Section 43 (as substituted by Section 51 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 ) of the Solicitors Act,1954 applies €125 11. The subject examination fee for a late application to sit any of the examinations on the Professional Practice Course or an Advanced Elective €225 12. On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors from an applicant who completed a training contract in Ireland €370 13. On application for entry of a name on the roll of solicitors from all other applicants €510 14. On the first application to present for a Qualified Lawyers’ Transfer Test €550 15. The subject examination fee for the examinations in Professional Conduct and Solicitors’ Accounts €190 16. The subject examination fee for the examination in European Union Law €190 17. The subject examination fee for the examinations in Constitutional Law and at the election of the candidate Company Law or Criminal Law, Contract & Tort, Land Law & Conveyancing and Probate & Taxation €255 18. 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 ) and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ) €150 19. Administration fee for processing an application under the Morgenbesser Regulations €490 20. Administration fee for other applications to the Education Committee €115 21. Administration fee for applications to the Education Committee in respect of secondment / transfer of indentures / assignment of indentures in circumstances where the application is seeking retrospective consent €365 Signed on behalf of the Law Society of Ireland pursuant to Section 79 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 . 22 November 2024. EAMON HARRINGTON, 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. 25 November
  1. MR JUSTICE DAVID BARNIVILLE, 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 ) and The Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2011 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 ( S.I. No. 503 of 2019 ) operative from the 1st day of January
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