Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14)

Valid from 01/12/2017

SCHEDULE 1 S Transfer of jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal

PART 4 S Landlord registration

Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8) S

56 S The 2004 Act is amended as follows.

57 S In section 92—

(a) subsection (4) is repealed,

(b) in subsection (5)—

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

(ii) the words “shall be made to the sheriff principal and” are repealed,

(c) in subsection (6), for “sheriff principal” substitute “ Upper Tribunal ”.

58 S In section 92ZA—

(a) in subsection (1)(b)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii)(A), for “sheriff's” substitute “First-tier Tribunal's”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (ii)(B), for “sheriff principal” substitute “ Upper Tribunal ”,

(b) in subsection (2)(b)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii)(A), for “sheriff's” substitute “First-tier Tribunal's”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (ii)(B), for “sheriff principal” substitute “ Upper Tribunal ”.

59 S In section 97—

(a) in subsection (6), for “court” substitute “ tribunal ”,

(b) in subsection (7), for “court” substitute “ tribunal ”.

60 S In section 101(1)—

(a) before the definition of “house”, insert—

““First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland,”,

(b) after the definition of “unconnected person”, insert—

““Upper Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal for Scotland,”.