SCHEDULE 1Transfer of jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal

PART 1Regulated tenancies, Part VII contracts and assured tenancies

Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43)

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In Schedule 5—

(a)

in grounds 1, 2, 5 and 7, for “sheriff”, in each place it occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(b)

the title of Part I becomes Grounds on which First-tier Tribunal must order possession,

(c)

the title of Part II becomes Grounds on which First-tier Tribunal may order possession,

(d)

in paragraph 2 of Part III—

(i)

for “sheriff”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for “sheriff” substitute “ Tribunal ”,

(iii)

in the closing words, for “sheriff” substitute “ Tribunal ”,

(e)

in paragraph 3(1)(a) of that Part, for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.