Explanatory Notes

Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014

2014 asp 16

24 September 2014

The Act

Part 4 – the Scottish Tax Tribunals

Chapter 6 — Special Jurisdiction
Section 40 – Judicial review cases

54.This section provides for judicial review. The Court of Session may remit such a petition for judicial review to the Upper Tribunal if the Court of Session is content that the petition does not seek anything other than the exercise of the Court’s judicial review function and the petition falls within a category specified by an act of sederunt made by the Court for the purposes of this subsection. The Court of Session also has to be satisfied that the matter in question falls within the functions and expertise of the tribunal.