PART 7Miscellaneous provisions
I171First-tier Tribunal's jurisdiction
1
In relation to civil proceedings arising from a private residential tenancy—
a
the First-tier Tribunal has whatever competence and jurisdiction a sheriff would have but for paragraph (b),
b
a sheriff does not have competence or jurisdiction.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1), civil proceedings are any proceedings other than—
a
the prosecution of a criminal offence,
b
any proceedings related to such a prosecution.