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Skip to main contentSkip to navigationlegislation.gov.ukThe National ArchivesHelpSite MapAccessibilityContact UsCymraegHomeAbout UsBrowse LegislationNew LegislationChanges To LegislationSearch LegislationSearch LegislationTitle: (or keywords in the title)Year:Number:Type:All Legislation (excluding draft)All Primary Legislation UK Public General Acts UK Local Acts Acts of the Scottish Parliament Acts of the National Assembly for Wales Measures of the National Assembly for Wales Church Measures Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament Acts of the English Parliament Acts of the Old Irish Parliament Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain Northern Ireland Orders in Council Measures of the Northern Ireland Assembly Acts of the Northern Ireland ParliamentAll Secondary Legislation UK Statutory Instruments Wales Statutory Instruments Scottish Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Statutory Rules Church Instruments UK Ministerial Orders UK Statutory Rules and OrdersAll Draft Legislation UK Draft Statutory Instruments Scottish Draft Statutory Instruments Northern Ireland Draft Statutory RulesAll Impact Assessments UK Impact AssessmentsSearchAdvanced SearchSolicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976You are here:1976 No. 582 (N.I. 12)Whole Order without SchedulesTable of ContentsContentMore ResourcesPrevious: IntroductionNext: SchedulePlain ViewPrint OptionsWhat VersionLatest available (Revised)Original (As made)Advanced FeaturesShow Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland)Show Timeline of ChangesOpening OptionsOpen whole OrderOpen Order without schedulesOpen Schedules onlyChanges to legislation:There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.Changes to LegislationRevised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.Sch. 1 para. 15(2) words substituted by S.I. 2011/2085 Sch. 1 para. 12	Sch. 1A para. 38(3)	words inserted by 2010 c. 4 Sch. 1 para. 168	Sch. 1A para. 38(3) words substituted by 2010 c. 8 Sch. 8 para. 288art. 3(2) words substituted by 2009 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 6 para. 5art. 6(1A) inserted by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 88(2)art. 10(2D) inserted by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 88(4)art. 75(2A) (2B) inserted by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 90(1)Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Order. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Order words substituted by 2009 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(a)Order words substituted by 2009 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 6 para. 1(1)(c)Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):art. 9A inserted by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 88(3)art. 40A 40B inserted by 2011 c. 24 (N.I.) s. 89(2)Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Order. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Order you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Order into force:S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)PART IN.I.INTRODUCTORYTitleN.I.1. This Order may be cited as the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976.
Art.2—Commencement InterpretationN.I.3. (1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to Article 2 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
[F1“building society” means a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986; and a reference to an account with a building society is a reference to a deposit account;] “client”, in relation to non-contentious business, includes any person who, as a principal or on behalf of another or as a trustee or executor or in any other capacity, has power, express or implied, to retain or employ, and retains or employs or is about to retain or employ, a solicitor, and any person liable to pay to a solicitor any costs for his services[F1 and, in relation to contentious business, includes any person who as a principal or on behalf of another person retains or employs, or is about to retain or employ, a solicitor, and any person who is or may be liable to pay a solicitor's costs];
[F1“contentious business agreement” means an agreement made in pursuance of Article 64; “controlled trust”, in relation to a solicitor, means a trust of which he is a sole trustee or co-trustee only with one or more of his partners or employees;] “the Council” means the Council of the Society;
Definition rep. by 1989 NI 14 [F1“employee” includes an apprentice or clerk] “enactment” includes any statutory provision within the meaning of section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] ;
[F5“officer”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, means a member of the limited liability partnership;] “practising certificate” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 4;
[F1“sole solicitor” means a solicitor who is the sole principal in a practice;] “solicitor” means solicitor of the[F6Court of Judicature];
Definition rep. by 1989 NI 14 “statutory undertakers” means any person authorised by or under an enactment to construct, work or carry on any railway, airport, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, gas, electricity, water or other public undertaking;
[F1“the Tribunal” means the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal appointed under Article 43(1);] “trust” and “trustee” extend to implied and constructive trusts and to cases where a trustee has a beneficial interest in the trust property and to the duties incident to the office of a personal representative, and “trustee” includes a personal representative;
[F7“trustee investments” means investments in which trustees may invest under— (i) the general power of investment in section 3 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (as restricted by sections 4 and 5 of that Act); or (ii) section 8(1)(a) of that Act (land).] “unqualified person” means a person not qualified under Article 4 to act as a solicitor.
[F1(3A) In this Order— (a) references to the removal of a solicitor's name from the roll are references to its removal at his own request or in pursuance of regulations under Article 8(3); (b) references to striking a solicitor's name off the roll are references to striking it off as a disciplinary sanction; and (c) references to removal or striking off include references to deleting an entry made by means of a computer by whatever means are appropriate.] (4) References in any enactment which came into force before 1st January 1899 to an attorney shall be construed as references to a solicitor.
1996 c. 23 F3
Art. 3(2): words in definition of "local authority" substituted (1.4.2009) by Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1), ss. 32, 34(3), Sch. 6 para. 5; S.R. 2009/114, art. 2 F5
Art. 3(2): words in definition of "solicitor" substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59(5), 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 6; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d) F7
2001 c. 14 (NI) PART IIN.I.QUALIFICATION, ADMISSION, PRACTISING CERTIFICATES, ETC. Qualifications and admissionN.I.Qualifications for practising as solicitorN.I.4. A person shall not be qualified to act as a solicitor unless—
Admission of solicitorsN.I.5. (1) Subject to paragraph (5), a person shall not, after the commencement of this Article, be admitted as a solicitor unless he has obtained a certificate from the Society that they are satisfied—
Art. 5(5) repealed (1.2.2006) by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1452 (N.I. 7)), arts. 1(2), 19(3), 24, Sch. 2; S.R. 2005/494, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 3)
[F10Regulations as to the education, training, etc., of persons seeking admission or having been admitted as solicitors N.I. 6. (1) The Society may make regulations with respect to the education and training of persons seeking admission or who have been admitted as solicitors and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) such regulations may prescribe— (a) the education and training, whether by service under apprenticeship or otherwise, to be undergone by persons seeking admission as solicitors; (b) the examinations or other tests to be undergone by persons seeking admission as solicitors; (c) the qualications, experience, conduct, duties and responsibilities of persons seeking admission as solicitors or solicitors providing apprenticeships (including the remuneration payable under such apprenticeships) under the regulations; (d) the circumstances in which apprenticeships may be transferred or discharged or education or training of persons seeking admission as solicitors may be abridged, extended or terminated; (e) the control and discipline of persons seeking admission as solicitors, including requirements to be imposed in consequence of contraventions of the regulations; (f) the circumstances in which a person seeking admission as a solicitor may apply to the Society to waive the application of any provision of the regulations in his case or to review any decision taken by the Society in respect of him for the purposes of the regulations and the procedure for such applications; (g) the education, training and examinations or other tests to be undergone by persons who have been admitted as solicitors; (h) the charging and application by the Society of fees to be paid by persons undergoing education and training for the purposes of the regulations; (i) such transitional and incidental matters as the society think necessary. (2) Regulations under paragraph (1) may make the opinion, consent or approval of the Lord Chief Justice, or of any examining or other body or authority named in the regulations, or of the Society or the Council or any committee of the Council material for the purposes of any provision of the regulations. (3) Subject to regulations made under paragraph (1)(f), on an application by a person seeking to be admitted as a solicitor, the Society may— (a) waive the application of any provision of regulations under paragraph (1) to that person; or (b) review any decision taken by the Society with respect to that person under those regulations. (4) An applicant aggrieved by a decision of the Society under paragraph (3) may, after giving notice to the Society, appeal to the Lord Chief Justice; and on such appeal— (a) the Society may appear and be heard; and (b) the Lord Chief Justice may make such order (including an order for the payment of costs) as he thinks proper.] Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F10
RegistrarN.I.7. The Society shall appoint a person to act as registrar of solicitors and section 18(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] shall apply to such appointment.
[F11Keeping and custody of the roll N.I. 8. (1) The registrar shall continue to keep the roll in the form of an alphabetical list of all solicitors. (2) The Society shall have the custody of the roll and of all documents relating thereto. (3) The roll shall be kept in accordance with the provisions of this Order and of regulations and may be kept by means of a computer. (4) If the roll is kept by means of a computer, the Society shall make any entry available for inspection in legible form during office hours, without payment, by any person who applies to inspect it. (5) If the roll is not kept by means of a computer, any person may inspect it during office hours without payment. (6) The Society, on the application of a solicitor, may cause his name to be removed from the roll. (7) Regulations under paragraph (3) may— (a) provide for the Society, at such intervals as may be specified in the regulations, to enquire of solicitors of any class so specified whether they wish to have their names retained on the roll; (b) require solicitors of any such class, at such intervals as aforesaid, to pay to the Society a fee in respect of the retention of their names on the roll of such amount as may be prescribed; (c) authorise the Society to remove from the roll the name of any solicitor who— (i) fails to reply to any enquiry made in pursuance of sub‐paragraph (a) or to pay any fee payable by virtue of sub‐paragraph (b); or (ii) replies to any such enquiry by indicating that he does not wish to have his name retained on the roll; and (d) authorise the Society to remove from the roll the name of any solicitor who has died.] Annotations:Annotations are used to give authority for changes and other effects on the legislation you are viewing and to convey editorial information. They appear at the foot of the relevant provision or under the associated heading. Annotations are categorised by annotation type, such as F-notes for textual amendments and I-notes for commencement information (a full list can be found in the Editorial Practice Guide). Each annotation is identified by a sequential reference number. For F-notes, M-notes and X-notes, the number also appears in bold superscript at the relevant location in the text. All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.F11
Entry of name on rollN.I.9. (1) On production—
(2) The Society, on the application of a former solicitor whose name is not on the roll because it has been removed from it, may cause his name to be entered on the roll on payment by him to the Society of such fee as may be prescribed.
Practising certificatesN.I.Application for practising certificate and register of practising solicitorsN.I.10. (1) Application by a solicitor for a practising certificate shall be made to the registrar in such form and in accordance with such requirements and shall be accompanied by a fee of such amount as may be prescribed.
(2) Where, on an application duly made to him under paragraph (1), the registrar is satisfied as to the matters specified in Article 11(1)( a), ( b) and ( c) and that no grounds exist under any other provision of this Order for refusing to issue a practising certificate, he shall cause to be entered in a register kept for that purpose the applicant's full name, his place or places of business and the date of his admission,F12. . . .
[F12(2A) The register may be kept by means of a computer. (2B) If the register is kept by means of a computer, the Society shall make any entry available for inspection in legible form during office hours, without payment, by any person who applies to inspect it. (2C) If the register is not kept by means of a computer, any person may inspect it during office hours without payment.] (3) If in, or in relation to, an application under this Article any person makes any false statement material to the application, a complaint in respect of that statement may be made by or on behalf of the Society to the[F12 Tribunal].
(5) While such a restriction as is mentioned in paragraph (4) is in force, the entry in the register relating to the solicitor who is subject to that restriction and every practising certificate issued under Article 11 to that solicitor shall bear a stamp marked “Restricted from practice on his own a