Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 22, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:

28.—Section 6 (as substituted by section 16 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1994 and amended by section 8 of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 2002) of the Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1960 is amended by inserting the following after subsection (1A):

"(1B) Where a solicitor member of the Disciplinary Tribunal, during the course of his or her membership of the Disciplinary Tribunal, ceases to be a practising solicitor by virtue of not making an application for a practising certificate, that cesser shall not of itself—

(a) cause the solicitor member to cease to be a solicitor member of the Disciplinary Tribunal, or

(b) prevent the solicitor member from continuing to serve as a solicitor member of the Disciplinary Tribunal for the remainder of his or her appointment or reappointment as a solicitor member of the Disciplinary Tribunal.".

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