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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
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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.
 
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Guidance note:
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The table below can be used to calculate your CPD requirement for the remainder of the CPD year.
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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  | 
      
|---|---|
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           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  | 
      
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           1 September  | 
        
           4  | 
      
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           1 October  | 
        
           2  | 
      
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           2 October - 31 October  | 
        
           0  |