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Commencement and application
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Rule 2: Commencement and application
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The Solicitors' Indemnity Rules 1987 as amended from time to time shall be further amended with effect from 1 October 2012 and shall continue in force thereafter in the form annexed hereto in which form they may be known as the SRA Indemnity Rules 2012.
- 2.2
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The Solicitors' Indemnity (Incorporated Practice) Rules 1991 as amended from time to time shall continue in force only in respect of the indemnity periods commencing on 1 September 1991 and 1 September 1992.
- 2.3
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The contributions payable in respect of the indemnity periods commencing prior to 1 September 1996 shall remain unaltered.
- 2.4
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In respect of any indemnity periods commencing on or after 1 September 1996 the Society shall retain the power under Rule 35 of the Solicitors' Indemnity Rules 1996 to determine supplementary contributions in respect of any such period.
- 2.5
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The indemnity available in respect of the indemnity periods commencing prior to 1 October 2012 shall remain unaltered.
- 2.6
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In these Rules the terms in italics will have the meaning set out in Rule 3.1 of the SRA Indemnity Rules 2012 annexed hereto.