Housing (Scotland) Act 2014

94 First-tier Tribunal: disqualification of members from exercise of certain functions

(1) This section applies to the following functions and jurisdictions of the First-tier Tribunal—

(a) a function or jurisdiction of the sheriff transferred to the Tribunal under section 16 or by virtue of Part 1 of schedule 1,

(b) a function conferred on the Tribunal, by virtue of Part 3 and Parts 2 to 4 of schedule 1, by—

(i) the 2004 Act,

(ii) the 2006 Act,

(c) a function conferred on the Tribunal by or under Part 4.

(2) A member of the First-tier Tribunal is disqualified from exercising a function or jurisdiction to which this section applies if the member is—

(a) a member of the House of Commons,

(b) a member of the Scottish Parliament,

(c) a member of the European Parliament,

(d) a Minister of the Crown,

(e) a member of the Scottish Government.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may by order modify subsection (2) by—

(a) adding a disqualification to,

(b) varying the description of a disqualification for the time being mentioned in,

(c) removing a disqualification from,

that subsection.