The Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1989 No. 1343 — creates 3 criminal offences.

3offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 2 August 1989
In force from: 3 October 1989
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under: Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order makes miscellaneous amendments to the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976. The main amendments are— a to enable terms and conditions imposed on practising certificates to continue in respect of subsequent certificates; b to enable terms and conditions to be imposed on practising certificates as an alternative to suspension; c to regulate the provision of solicitors' services in the case of incorporated practices; d to extend the functions of lay observers; e to enable the Council and Disciplinary Tribunal to impose sanctions for inadequate professional services; f to consolidate the provisions relating to costs in contentious and non-contentious business; g to enable the roll and register to be kept by computer.

Offences created by this instrument

SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 · Status not determined · Requires proof of a state of mind
Penalty for pretending to be a body recognised under Article 26A article 26B(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Orders of Tribunal on inquiry article 51(10) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Statutory Instruments, &C Commons · Commons Chamber · 28 June 1989
Ordered, That the draft Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c. That the draft Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments,&— [Mr. Chapman.]
Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Commons · Commons Chamber · 10 July 1989
Motion made—[Mr. Lightbown]—and Question put forthwith pursuant to Standing Order No. 101 (5) (Standing Committees on Statutory Instruments, &c.), That the draft Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, which was laid before this House on 22nd June, be approved: —
Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 Lords · Lords Chamber · 11 July 1989

How Parliament handled it

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