11Fee payable on issue of practising certificates

1

Before a practising certificate is issued, there must be paid to the Society in respect of the certificate a fee of such amount as the Society may from time to time determine.

2

Different fees may be specified for different categories of applicant and in respect of different circumstances.

3

Subsection (4) applies where a solicitor makes an application for a practising certificate if—

a

the solicitor has failed to deliver an accountant's report required by rules under section 34(1) by such time or in such circumstances as may be prescribed by those rules, and

b

a practising certificate has not been issued by the Society to the solicitor since the Society became aware of the failure.

4

Where this subsection applies, the solicitor's application must be accompanied by an additional fee of such amount as the Society from time to time determines.