The Lands Tribunal for Scotland Amendment (Fees) Rules 2017

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 426

Lands Tribunal

The Lands Tribunal for Scotland Amendment (Fees) Rules 2017

Made

30th November 2017

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

4th December 2017

Coming into force

21st December 2017

The Scottish Ministers make the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(6) and (12)(e) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

(1)

1949 c.42. Section 3 was relevantly amended by section 50(2) of the Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 (c.35), S.I. 1972/2002 and S.I. 2009/1307. The functions of the Lord Advocate were transferred to the Secretary of State for Scotland by S.I. 1999/678 and to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and, for the purposes of the Electronic Communications Code in schedule 3A of the Communications Act 2003 (c.21) (“the 2003 Act”) which was inserted by schedule 1 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c.30), by paragraph 106 of schedule 3A of the 2003 Act. The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of the Scotland Act 1998 (and paragraph 106 of schedule 3A of the 2003 Act).