The Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

2.—(1) The provisions of the Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(1) mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) continue to have effect as applied by regulation 37(4) of, and Schedule 5 to, the 2000 Regulations as if the 2000 Regulations had not been revoked by regulation 3—

(a) on or after exit day, in relation to an individual who—

(i) was a registered European lawyer (within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the 2000 Regulations as it had effect immediately before exit day) registered with the Law Society of Northern Ireland at a time before exit day, but

(ii) is not an individual in relation to whom regulation 5 applies; and

(b) at or after the end of the transitional period, in relation to an individual who is on or after exit day an individual registered with the Law Society of Northern Ireland under regulation 17 of the 2000 Regulations, as that regulation has effect by virtue of regulation 5 of these Regulations,

as those provisions had effect before exit day in relation to an individual who had ceased to be registered with the Law Society of Northern Ireland under regulation 17 of the 2000 Regulations.

(2) The provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a) article 29 (employment by a solicitor of persons whose name have been struck off the roll etc.);

(b) article 41A (power of Council to impose sanctions for inadequate professional services);

(c) article 42(1)(b) and (5A) (lay observers);

(d) article 44(1)(e) to (h) and (2) to (3) (applications and complaints to Tribunal);

(e) articles 46 to 50 (applications to the Tribunal);

(f) article 51(1)(a), (b) and (j) to (l), (2), (3), (5) to (9) and (11) to (12) (orders of Tribunal on inquiry);

(g) article 51A (power of Tribunal to impose sanctions for inadequate professional services);

(h) article 52(1), (2), (4) and (6) to (8) (effect, notice and recording of orders of Disciplinary Committee);

(i) article 53(2) to (6) (appeals against orders of the Tribunal);

(j) article 54 (publication, etc., of orders);

(k) articles 56 to 63 (compensation fund and professional indemnity).

(1)

S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), amended by sections 59 and 148 of, and Schedule 11, paragraph 6 to, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, S.I. 1989/1343 (N.I. 14), 2003/435 (N.I. 10), 2009/1604, S.R. 2015 No. 159, 2015 No. 914 and 2016 No. 108.