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CPD requirements upon return to full-time legal practice or employment following a suspension at any time from the end of your first CPD year or onwards

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Regulation 14: CPD requirements upon return to full-time legal practice or employment following a suspension at any time from the end of your first CPD year or onwards

14.1

If you have suspended the requirements at any time from the end of your first CPD year or onwards, and return to work full-time you will be required to complete two hours of CPD for every complete month from the date of your return until the end of that CPD year, up to a required maximum of 16 hours.

Guidance note:

(i)

The table below can be used to calculate your CPD requirement for the remainder of the CPD year.

(ii)

If you return to work on for example 5 December, your CPD requirements will start from 1 January, the first full month following your return. If you return to work between 2 October and 31 October, your CPD requirements will start at the commencement of the new CPD year.

Return date    CPD hours
1 November 16
1 December   16
1 January   16
1 February   16
1 March    16
1 April    14
1 May     12
1 June    10
1 July     8
1 August    6
1 September     4
1 October    2
2 October - 31 October 0