SRA Handbook

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