Issue, date and expiry of practising certificateN.I.
11.—(1) Subject to the provisions of Articles 12 and 13, the registrar on being satisfied that—
(a)the name of the applicant is on the roll;
(b)he is not for the time being suspended from practice; and
(c)the application referred to in Article 10 complies with the provisions of that Article and of regulations;
shall within three weeks of the receipt of such application, issue to the applicant a practising certificate in accordance with regulations, and in such form as may be prescribed.
(2) Every practising certificate issued after 5th January in any year and before 6th February next following shall bear the date of 6th January in that year, and every other practising certificate shall bear the date of the day on which it is issued.
(3) Every practising certificate shall have effect from the beginning of the day of which it bears the date, and that date shall be entered by the Society on the register.
(4) Every practising certificate shall expire at the end of 5th January next after it is issued except that, where the name of a solicitor is removed from or struck off the roll, the practising certificate (if any) of that solicitor shall expire forthwith and the date of such expiration shall be entered on the register.