Clause 14

by deleting the words “and shall be payable to the Society by every solicitor in each year prior to his application for a practising certificate” in subsection (1);

by inserting, immediately after subsection (1), the following subsections: “(1A) The subscription shall be payable to the Society by every solicitor in each year prior to his application for a practising certificate.(1B) The subscription shall be payable to the Society by a foreign practitioner member —

if he is registered under section 130I or 130J, not later than 14 days after the date of issue of every certificate of registration by the Attorney-General in respect of his registration under that section; or

if he has been granted an approval referred to in section 130L, but is not registered under section 130I or 130J, not later than 14 days after the date of issue of a certificate of approval by the Attorney-General in respect of that approval and not later than the anniversary of that date of issue in every subsequent year.(1C) The amount payable in the case of subsection (1B)(a) shall be —

if the certificate of registration issued by the Attorney-General is valid for 12 months, the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members;

if the certificate of registration issued by the Attorney-General is valid for 24 months, double the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members; or

if the certificate of registration issued by the Attorney-General is valid for 36 months, treble the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members.(1D) The amount payable in the case of subsection (1B)(b) shall be the amount of the annual subscription fixed under subsection (1) for foreign practitioner members.”;

by deleting the words “In fixing” in subsection (2) and substituting the words “Subject to this section, in fixing”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (3), the following subsection:“(3A) The subscriptions payable by foreign practitioner members who are members of the Society by reason of section 40A shall at no time exceed the highest subscription payable by practitioner members for the corresponding period.”;

by inserting, immediately after the words “practitioner members” in subsection (4), the words “and foreign practitioner members”;

by deleting the word “subscriptions” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “annual subscription”;

by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (6)(a);

by deleting the full-stop at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (6) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following paragraph: “(c)in the case of a subscription paid by a foreign practitioner member, a sum of $50.”; and

by inserting, immediately after subsection (6), the following subsection: “(7) For the avoidance of doubt, the sum payable to the Board under subsection (6)(c) —

where a foreign practitioner member has paid to the Society double the amount of the annual subscription pursuant to subsection (1C)(b), shall be $100; and

where a foreign practitioner member has paid to the Society treble the amount of the annual subscription pursuant to subsection (1C)(c), shall be $150.”.