The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 405

Tribunals And Inquiries

The Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011

Made

17th November 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

21st November 2011

Coming into force

16th January 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49(3) of, and paragraph 25(2) of Schedule 7 to, the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(1) and section 204(1) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011(2) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 and comes into force on 16th January 2012.

Amendment to the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Order 2007

2.  In the table in the Schedule (listed tribunals) to the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Order 2007(3) after the entry relating to children’s hearings constituted and arranged in pursuance of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, insert—

“Any children’s hearing constituted and arranged in pursuance of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 1).”

ANGELA CONSTANCE

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

17th November 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is made under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) and the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.

The 2007 Act establishes the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (“the AJTC”), which has both a Scottish and a Welsh committee. It provides for the AJTC to keep under review, consider and report on matters relating to “listed tribunals”.

The 2007 Act and the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (Listed Tribunals) (Scotland) Order 2007 (“the 2007 Order”) make provision for certain tribunals to be “listed tribunals”. This Order amends the 2007 Order by adding to the “listed tribunals”, children’s hearings under the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.

(1)

2007 c.15. For the purposes of paragraph 25(2), the Scottish Ministers are the authority by virtue of paragraphs 25(3)(a)(ii) and 26 of Schedule 7 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

(2)

2011 asp 1.

(3)

S.S.I. 2007/436.