Solicitors Acts, 1954 To 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (a) These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 2001.
(b) These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of January 2002 and thenceforth, subject to sub-clause (c) of this Regulation, The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 ) shall stand revoked.
(c) Regulation 26 of The Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 9 of 1991 ) and Regulation 25 of The Solicitors Acts, 1954 to 1994 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 287 of 1997 ) shall, in respect of any person who prior to the date of coming into operation of these Regulations became the subject matter of a complaint of alleged misconduct made pursuant to either the said Regulation 26 or the said Regulation 25 which is continuing, remain in full force and effect.
Definitions.
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paragraphs: (a) In these Regulations—
“Act” means the Solicitors Act, 1954 (No. 36 of 1954);
“Act of 1960” means the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1960 (No. 37 of 1960);
“Act of 1994” means the Solicitors (Amendment) Act, 1994 (No. 27 of 1994);
“annual general meeting” means the general meeting of the Society held each year in the month of November;
“applicant” has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation 6 (a);
“apprentice” means a trainee solicitor;
“Board of Examiners” has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation 13(d)(i);
“candidate” for the purposes of Regulations 12, 18 and 21 means a person sitting the Final Examination or an examination or examinations in a subject (or combination of subjects) forming part of the Final Examination or any part thereof;
“commencement date” means, in relation to a person who is required pursuant to Part IV of the Act (as amended by Part V of the Act of 1994) to be bound by indentures of apprenticeship to a practising solicitor, the date that is fourteen days after the date on which the later of the following occurs, namely-
(i) such person duly completing the Professional Practice Course I or such part of the Professional Practice Part I as he or she has not been duly exempted from by the Committee; and
(ii) such person sitting the last of the individual examinations comprising the Final Examination - Second Part as he or she is required to sit and has not been duly exempted from by the Committee;
“Committee” means the education committee appointed pursuant to Regulation 4;
“Council” means the Council of the Society;
“Director of Education” means the director of education appointed pursuant to Regulation 15 and, for the purposes of Regulation 24, includes the Deputy Director of Education or such other person who, in the absence of the Director of Education and the Deputy Director of Education, may be authorised by the Committee to carry out the functions of the Director of Education; AND “Deputy Director of Education” means the deputy director of education appointed pursuant to Regulation 15, who, in the absence of the Director of Education, shall be entitled to carry out the functions of the Director of Education;
“Disciplinary Tribunal” means the disciplinary tribunal established pursuant to section 6 (as substituted by section 16 of the Act of 1994) of the Act of 1960;
“Final Examination” means the examination, comprising three parts, referred to in Regulation 11(a);
“Final Examination - First Part” means the first part of the Final Examination provided for in Regulation 11(a);
“Final Examination - Second Part” means the second part of the Final Examination provided for in Regulation 11(a);
“Final Examination - Third Part” means the third part of the Final Examination provided for in Regulation 11(a);
“Finance Committee” means the finance committee appointed annually by the Council to supervise the financial affairs of the Society;
“First Irish Examination” means the first examination in the Irish language provided for in Regulation 9(a);