Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014

37 Decisions in the Tribunal S

(1) The First-tier Tribunal's function of deciding any matter in a case before the Tribunal is to be exercised by one, or two or more, of the members of the Tribunal chamber to which the case is allocated.

(2) The member or members are to be chosen by the Chamber President of the chamber (who may choose himself or herself).

(3) The Chamber President's discretion in choosing the member or members is subject to—

(a) any relevant provisions in regulations made under section 38(1),

(b) any relevant directions given by virtue of section 47(5)(b).

(4) In this section—

• “Tribunal chamber” means chamber of the Tribunal,

• [F1 “member”, in relation to a Tribunal chamber—

  (a)

  means an ordinary, legal or judicial member of the Tribunal who is assigned to the chamber,

  (b)

  while assigned to the chamber, also includes an extra judge who is authorised to act as mentioned in section 18(4).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 37(4) substituted (13.5.2022) by Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 18), ss. 16(4), 18(2)(3); S.S.I. 2022/146, reg. 2

Commencement Information

I1 S. 37 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/116, art. 2