Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

87 Fees payable on issue of practising certificates.E+W

In section 11 of the M1Solicitors Act 1974 (fees payable on issue of practising certificates), the following subsections shall be substituted for subsections (2) and (2A)—

(2)An order under subsection (1) may specify reduced fees for practising certificates in such circumstances as may be so specified.

(2A)Subsection (2B) applies where an order under subsection (1) specifies a reduced fee in the case of a solicitor whose income, from his practice as a solicitor, is, during such period as may be so specified, less than an amount so specified.

(2B)The question whether, for the purposes of any such order, the income of a solicitor during the specified period falls below the specified amount shall be determined in accordance with regulations made by the Master of the Rolls with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice.

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