The Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2015

Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 79(2)(b) of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2015 No.  

Tribunals And Inquiries

The Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2015

Made

2015

Coming into force

1st December 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(2) of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 79(2)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Scottish Tribunals (Listed Tribunals) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st December 2015.

Amendment of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014

2.  In schedule 1 to the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014—

(a) in paragraph 5, at the end insert—

“,

(c) the private rented housing panel,

(d) the homeowner housing panel”; and

(b) in paragraph 13(5), after “Act 2011” insert—

“,

(c) paragraph (c) relates to the functions exercisable by the private rented housing panel and the president of the panel by virtue of section 21(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006(2),

(d) paragraph (d) relates to the functions exercisable by the homeowner housing panel and the president of the panel by virtue of section 16(1) of the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011(3)”.

Name

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations add the private rented housing panel and the homeowner housing panel to the tribunals listed in schedule 1 to the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 whose functions may be transferred to the Scottish Tribunals under that Act. They also specify the functions exercisable by the two panels.

(1)

2014 asp 10.

(2)

2006 asp 1.

(3)

2011 asp 8.