Advocates and
Solicitors (Amendment No. 5) (Jersey)
Law 2011
A LAW to amend further the Advocates
and Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997.
Adopted by the
States 12th May 2010
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 16th March 2011
Registered by the
Royal Court 1st
April 2011
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law “principal Law” means the Advocates and
Solicitors (Jersey) Law 1997[1].
2 Article
1 amended
Article 1(2) of the
principal Law shall be repealed.
3 Article
3 amended
In Article 3 of the principal Law –
(a) paragraph
(1)(a) shall be repealed;
(b) the
following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraph (4) –
“(4) For the purpose of paragraph (2)(b),
employment in an advocate’s or solicitor’s office outside Jersey
may be taken to be employment in a relevant office if the advocate or solicitor
certifies that during the period of the person’s employment in the office
the person was engaged predominantly in matters of Jersey law.
(5) If the total period of employment that is in
an office or offices outside Jersey, and taken to be employment in a relevant
office by virtue of paragraph (4), exceeds 6 months, it shall be
reckoned for the purpose of paragraph (2)(b) as only 6 months.”.
4 Article
4 amended
In Article 4 of the
principal Law –
(a) paragraph (1)(a) shall be repealed;
(b) the following paragraphs shall be
substituted for paragraph (4) –
“(4) For
the purpose of paragraph (2)(c) or (3)(b), employment in an
advocate’s or solicitor’s office outside Jersey may be taken to be
employment in a relevant office if the advocate or solicitor certifies that
during the period of the person’s employment in the office the person was
engaged predominantly in matters of Jersey law.
(4A) If the total
period of employment that is in an office or offices outside Jersey, and taken
to be employment in a relevant office by virtue of paragraph (4), exceeds
6 months, it shall be reckoned for the purpose of paragraph (2)(c) or
(3)(b) as only 6 months.”.
5 Article
5 amended
In Article 5 of the
principal Law for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following
paragraph –
“(1) No
person may apply to sit the qualifying examination unless –
(a) the
person has attained the age of 21 years; and
(b) the
person fulfils the specified educational requirement (if any).”.
6 Article
6 amended
The following paragraph shall
be substituted for Article 6(2) of the principal Law –
“(2) Subject to
paragraph (3), the qualifying examination shall be held one or more times
in each year, in one or more specified months.”.
7 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Advocates and Solicitors (Amendment
No. 5) (Jersey) Law 2011 and shall come into force on the 7th day
following its registration.
a.h. harris
Deputy Greffier of the States