# Access to Justice Act 1999, Paragraph 23


In section 38 of the Solicitors Act 1974 (disqualification of a solicitor who is a justice of the peace), after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) Subsection (1) does not apply where a solicitor is a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts); but where a solicitor is acting as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) for any petty sessions area it shall not be lawful for him, or for any partner of his, to act in connection with proceedings before any justice of the peace acting for that area as solicitor or agent for the solicitor of any person concerned in those proceedings.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/22/schedule/11/paragraph/23 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/access-to-justice-act-1999/schedule-11/paragraph-23
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