The Solicitors’ Acts 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 1992

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 360/1992
• Year: 1992

S.I. No. 360 of 1992.

THE SOLICITORS' ACTS 1954 AND 1960 (APPRENTICESHIP AND EDUCATION) (AMENDMENT NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1992.

The Incorporated Law Society of Ireland in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 4 , 5 and 40 of the Solicitors Act, 1954 , hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 1992 and shall come into operation on the first day of March 1994. 2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Solicitors Acts, 1954 and 1960 (Apprenticeship and Education) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 9 of 1991 ). 3. In Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations the following shall be inserted in its alphabetical order.

"Section 1" means the first section of the Final Examination — First Part referred to in Regulation 14 (a) and comprising the subjects specified in Regulation 14 (b).

"Section 2" means the second section of the Final Examination — First Part referred to in Regulation 14 (a) and comprising the subjects specified in Regulation 14 (c). 4. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the following for Regulation 14:

"14. ( a ) The Final Examination — First Part shall be comprised of examinations divided into a first section to be referred to as "Section 1" and a second section to be referred to as "Section 2".

( b ) Section I shall comprise an examination in:

(i) the law of contract;

(ii) the law of torts;

(iii) the law of property; and,

(iv) the law of equity;

( c ) Section 2 shall comprise an examination in:

(i) constitutional law;

(ii) the law of the European Communities;

(iii) company law; and,

(iv) criminal law.

( d ) If the Committee so decides, the examination in any subject in Section I may be combined with any other subject in Section I and the examination in any subject in Section 2 may be combined with any other subject in Section 2, provided that the mark obtained in any such combined examination shall be deemed to be the mark obtained in each of the subjects so combined.

( e ) Commencing in the year 1994, Section 1 and Section 2 shall each be held at least once every year at a time or times to be designated by the Committee.

( f ) A person may sit the Final Examination — First Part if he has satisfied the requirements of Regulation 8 (a).

( g ) A person may sit Section 1 and Section 2 in the same year or in different years and may sit Section 2 or part thereof before sitting Section I or part thereof.

( h ) Subject to Clause (i) of this Regulation, the pass mark shall be 50 out of 100 marks in each subject in the Final Examination — First Part.

( i ) A person who takes...