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would be impossible for the average elector to grasp a number of amendments to the Constitution, upon which he would be asked to vote separately. An example of the difficulty in drafting a compre- hensive constitutional amendment was Constitutional Amendment (No. 3) Act, 1972, which enabled the State go join the European Economic Community, and which placed Community law on a par with Irish law.
noted that the present text of the Constitution is so long-winded that it has left as many problems unsolved as it has endeavoured to solve. As the problems to be solved are too numerous, and are most unlikely to be presented seriatim to the vote of the people, it might be wise to consider whether a completely revised text of the Constitution should be presented as one document in a future popular referendum. It is submitted that it
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
S.I. No. 315 of 1973 SOLICITORS' ACT 1954 (FEES) REGULATIONS 1973
The fee payable for a copy of an entry on File A or File B is unchanged.
S.I. No. 333 of 1973 SOLICITORS ACT 1954 (APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION ( (AMENDMENT) NO. 2 REGULATIONS 1973 The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Sections 4, 5and 40 of the Solicitors Act 1954 hereby make the following regulations. 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amend- ment) No. 2 Regulations 1973 and shall be read to- gether with the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations 1955 (S.I. No. 217 of 1955) (hereinafter called "the Principal Regulations"), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education (Amendment) Regulations 1956 (S.I. No. 307 of 1956), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education (Amendment) Regulations 1960 (S.I. No. 94 of 1960), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1965 (S.I. No. 201 of 1965), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 230 of 1966), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 17 of 1968), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprentice- ship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1969 (S.I. No. 110 of 1969), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Re- gulations 1970 (S.I. No. 108 of 1970), the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amend- ment) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 218 of 1971), The Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 49 of 1972 and the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Edu- ' cation) (Amendment) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 47 of 1973) and shall insofar as they are inconsistent therewith alter and amend the same. The Regulations hereinbefore mentioned may be cited collectively as the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations 1955-1973. 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on ; the 13th December 1973. 3. Paragraph 10 of the Principal Regulations as amended by the Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 19 9 (S.I. No. 110 of 1969) and Solicitors Act 1954 (Apprentice- ship and Education) (Amendment) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 47 of 1973 are hereby deleted and the follow- I ing paragraph is substituted therefor. 36
By virtue and in pursuance of Sections 4, 5, 79 and 82 of the Solicitors' Act 1954 the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland hereby make the following Regula- tions : 1. From and after the date of these regulations the fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Society by the applicant in respect of the matters therein mentioned. 2. These regulations shall come into operation on the 29th day of November 1973. 3. The Solicitors' Practising Certificate Fees Regula- tions 1971 (S.I. No. 341 of 1971) are revoked as from the date of operation of these regulations as regards applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1974/'75 or any later practice year but shall continue to apply to applications for practising certificates for the practice year 1973/ '74 or any earlier practice year. 4. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors' Act 1954 (Fees) Regulations 1973. SCHEDULE 1. On application for a practising certificate for the practice year 1974/'75 or any later practice year by a solicitor who practises or carries on his business in the City of Dublin or within three miles therefrom ... 2. On application for a practising certificate by a solicitor who does not practise or carry on his business in the City of Dublin or within three miles therefrom 3. On application under Section 17 of the Solicitors' (Amendment) Act 1960 for a copy of an entry on file A or file B
£41.00
£38.00
£ 1.00
Dated this 29th day of November 1973. Signed on behalf of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. THOMAS V. O ' CONNOR, President of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
EXPLANATORY NOTE The fee payable by a solicitor on taking out a practising certificate is raised from £31 to £41 in the case of a solicitor practising in Dublin and from £ 28 to £ 38 in the case of a solicitor practising elsewhere.
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