# Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, Section 15: Disqualification from practice, etc.


(1) An individual holding a judicial office mentioned in subsection (2) must not, for so long as the individual holds the office—
(a) engage, whether directly or indirectly, in practice as a solicitor or advocate or in any other business,
(b) be in partnership with, or employed by, a person so engaged, or
(c) act as agent for a person so engaged.
(2) The judicial offices are—
(a) sheriff principal,
(b) sheriff,
(c) summary sheriff.
(3) A part-time sheriff, or a part-time summary sheriff, who is a solicitor in practice must not carry out any function as a part-time sheriff or, as the case may be, a part-time summary sheriff in a sheriff court district in which his or her place of business as such solicitor is situated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2014/18/section/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/courts-reform-scotland-act-2014/section-15
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