Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2008

Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2008 Arrangement Article 1 Interpretation . 285 2 Article 3 amended . 285 3 Article 4 amended . 286 4 Citation and commencement 286 Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2008 A LAW to amend further the Advocates and Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997. Adopted by the States 29th January 2008 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 7th May 2008 Registered by the Royal Court 16th May 2008 THE STATES , subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law – 1 Interpretation In this Law “the principal Law” means the Advocates and Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997 [1] . 2 Article 3 amended (1) In Article 3 of the principal Law – (a) at the end of paragraph (1)(a) the word “and” shall be deleted; (b) for the full-stop at the end of paragraph (1)(b) there shall be substituted the words “; and”; (c) after paragraph (1)(b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph – “(c) the Royal Court is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to be admitted.”; (d) for paragraph (2)(b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph – “(b) in the period of 3 years immediately preceding the person’s application for admission to the Bar in accordance with Article 8, the person has been employed for a period of, or periods totalling, 2 years in a relevant office or in more than one such office.”. (2) Article 3(5) shall be repealed. 3 Article 4 amended In Article 4 of the principal Law – (a) at the end of paragraph (1)(a) the word “and” shall be deleted; (b) for the full-stop at the end of paragraph (1)(b) there shall be substituted the words “; and”; (c) after paragraph (1)(b) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph – “(c) the Royal Court is satisfied that the person is a fit and proper person to be admitted.”; (d) for paragraph (2)(c) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph – “(c) in the period of 4 years immediately preceding the person’s application for admission as a solicitor in accordance with Article 8, the person has been employed for a period of, or periods totalling, 3 years in a relevant office or in more than one such office.”; (e) for paragraph (5) there shall be substituted – “(5) A break in the period of employment of 2 years mentioned in paragraph (3)(b) or a break of employment immediately following that period shall be disregarded if – (a) the break did not exceed 6 months; and (b) the Attorney General is satisfied that there was adequate reason for the break, but any such break or breaks shall not count as part of that period of employment.”. 4 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2008 and shall come into force on the 7th day following its registration. m.n. de la haye Greffier of the States [1] chapter 07.070