The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Health and Education Chamber and General Regulatory Chamber Charity Appeals (Procedure) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 created a new structure for tribunals dealing with devolved matters under the judicial leadership of the Lord President of the Court of Session as head of the Scottish Tribunals. It provided for a First-tier Tribunal and an Upper Tribunal. The First-tier Tribunal requires to be divided into chambers dependent on the subject-matter of the case before it. The First-tier Tribunal has been divided into chambers including the Health and Education Chamber and the General Regulatory Chamber. These Regulations make minor amendments to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Health and Education Chamber (Procedure) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/366), especially in setting out in full the penalties to which a person may be liable if orders or citations in respect of recovery of documents or attendance of witnesses are not obeyed. They also amend the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland General Regulatory Chamber Charity Appeals (Procedure) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/364) in clarifying how the Rules of Procedure contained in the schedule of that instrument are to be cited.