The Bill Chamber shall cease to exist and any cause which according to the law and practice existing immediately prior to the commencement of this Act required to be brought in the Bill Chamber may be brought in the Outer House and any reference in any Act or in any Act of Sederunt to the Lord Ordinary on the Bills or to the Junior Lord Ordinary shall be construed as a reference to a judge sitting in the Outer House, provided that, in any provision of an Act or an Act of Sederunt as to the exercise of jurisdiction in vacation, any reference to the Lord Ordinary on the Bills shall be construed as a reference to the judge acting as vacation judge in pursuance of section four of this Act.

Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing subsection a solicitor shall have, as regards any cause which according to the law and practice existing immediately prior to the commencement of this Act required to be brought in the Bill Chamber, the like rights of audience and appearance as if the said subsection had not been enacted.