7Restriction on right to practise as solicitor
(1)The provisions of this section shall have effect in place of section fifty-four of the Solicitors Act, 1932 (which limits the right of county justices and their partners to practise as solicitors).
(2)Subject to the following subsections, it shall not be lawful for any solicitor who is one of the justices of the peace for any area, nor for any partner of his, to act in connection with proceedings before any of those justices as solicitor or agent for the solicitor of any person concerned in those proceedings.
(3)Where a solicitor is a justice of the peace for any area, but either—
(a)his name is entered in the supplemental list for that area; or
(b)he is for the time being excluded from the exercise of his functions as a justice for that area under section four of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1906 (which relates to ex officio justices);
his being a justice for the area shall not subject him or any partner of his to any disqualification under this section.
(4)Where a solicitor is a justice of the peace for the county of London, but is so by virtue only of his office as mayor of a metropolitan borough, his being a justice for the county shall not subject any partner of his to any disqualification under this section.