Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 404
Tribunals And Inquiries
The Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2015
Made
26th November 2015
Coming into force
1st December 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(2) of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 79(2)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st December 2015.
Amendment of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014
2. In schedule 1 to the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014—
(a)in paragraph 5, at the end insert—
“,
(c)the private rented housing panel,
(d)the homeowner housing panel”; and
(b)in paragraph 13(5), after “Act 2011” insert—
“,
(c)paragraph (c) relates to the functions exercisable by the private rented housing panel and the president of the panel by virtue of section 21(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(2),
(d)paragraph (d) relates to the functions exercisable by the homeowner housing panel and the president of the panel by virtue of section 16(1) of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011(3)”.
PAUL WHEELHOUSE
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th November 2015
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations add the private rented housing panel and the homeowner housing panel to the tribunals listed in schedule 1 to the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 whose functions may be transferred to the Scottish Tribunals under that Act. They also specify the functions exercisable by the two panels.