Part 2Leasehold reform
F1Chapter 6AFirst-Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal
176ATransfer from court to First-tier Tribunal
1
Where, in any proceedings before a court, there falls for determination a question which the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal would have jurisdiction to determine under an enactment specified in subsection (2) on an appeal or application to the tribunal, the court—
a
may by order transfer to the First-tier Tribunal so much of the proceedings as relate to the determination of that question;
b
may then dispose of all or any remaining proceedings pending the determination of that question by the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal, as it thinks fit.
2
The enactments specified for the purposes of subsection (1) are—
a
this Act,
b
the Leasehold Reform Act 1967,
c
the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985,
d
the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987,
e
the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, and
f
the Housing Act 1996.
3
Where the First-tier Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal has determined the question, the court may give effect to the determination in an order of the court.
4
Rules of court may prescribe the procedure to be followed in a court in connection with or in consequence of a transfer under this section.
Pt. 2 Ch. 6A inserted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 144 (with Sch. 3)