# The Solicitors (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Paragraph 5


Where a person has committed an offence under Article 24 of the Solicitors Order before the date on which Article 8 comes into operation, he shall not be liable after that date to be proceeded against in respect of that offence unless the act constituting that offence would have constituted an offence under Article 24 of the Solicitors Order, as amended by Article 8, if it had been in operation at the time when the act was done.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1343/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/solicitors-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1989/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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