1. These Regulations may be cited as the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986 Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st December 2017.
2. Regulation 3 applies only in relation to a case where an application for legal aid for proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland is made on or after 1st December 2017.
3.—(1) Part 1 of schedule 2 of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 1986(1) (courts and tribunals in which civil legal aid is available) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1, before the entry relating to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland insert—
“before the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland(2) of the type described in paragraph 2A;”.
(3) After paragraph 2 insert—
The proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland mentioned in paragraph 1 are—
(a)those transferred to it by section 16(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014(3), in relation to the following enactments—
(i)the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984(4);
(ii)the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988(5);
(iii)the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(6);
(b)those in relation to the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016(7).”
ANNABELLE EWING
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
14th November 2017