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  "legislation_title": "Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976",
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  "text": "Provided that—\n(a) a solicitor shall not be required to pay the annual contribution on the issue of the first three practising certificates issued to him after his admission; and\n(b) on the issue of the fourth, fifth and sixth practising certificates issued to him after his admission a solicitor shall be liable to pay only one half of the amount of the annual contribution; and\n(c) an annual contribution shall not be required to be paid by a solicitor who is employed as a full-time public officer or in the full-time service of a local or public authority and who does not engage in any form of private practice as a solicitor.",
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