SCHEDULE 1Transfer of jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal

PART 1Regulated tenancies, Part VII contracts and assured tenancies

Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43)

I132

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 is amended as follows.

I233

In section 16(2), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I334

In section 17(8), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I435

In section 18—

a

in subsection (1), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

b

in subsection (3)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

c

in subsection (3A)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

d

in subsection (4)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

e

in subsection (4A), for “sheriff”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ” and, where it second occurs, substitute “Tribunal”,

f

in subsection (6), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

g

in subsection (6A), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

h

in subsection (7), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I536

In section 19—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

in paragraph (b), for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

b

in subsection (2), for “sheriff”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ” and, where it second occurs, substitute “Tribunal”,

c

in subsection (5), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I637

In section 20—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

b

in subsection (2)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

c

in subsection (3)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he”, in both places it occurs, substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

d

in subsection (4)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

e

in subsection (6), for “sheriff”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ” and, where it second occurs, substitute “Tribunal”,

f

the title becomes “ Extended discretion of First-tier Tribunal in possession claims ”.

I738

In section 21(3)—

a

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

b

for “he” substitute “ Tribunal ”.

I839

In section 22—

a

in subsection (1), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

b

in subsection (2), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I940

In section 25(7), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I1041

In section 28(1), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I1142

In section 29, for “sheriff”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ” and, where it second occurs, substitute “Tribunal”.

I1243

In section 30(2)—

a

the word “summary” is repealed,

b

in the opening words, for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

c

in paragraph (a), for “him” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

d

in paragraph (b), for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

e

in the closing words—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”.

I1344

In section 33—

a

in subsection (1)—

i

for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

for “he” substitute “ the Tribunal ”,

b

in subsection (4), for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.

I1445

In section 36—

a

after subsection (4) insert—

4A

Any action to enforce liability arising from this section must be raised in the First-tier Tribunal unless the residential occupant's claim is founded on the premises in question being subject to a Scottish secure tenancy or to a short Scottish secure tenancy (within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)).

b

in subsection (6)(b), after “sheriff” insert “ or First-tier Tribunal ”,

c

in subsection (6B), after “court”, in both places it occurs, insert “ or, as the case may be, the First-tier Tribunal ”.

I1546

In section 42(1)(c)—

a

in sub-paragraph (i), for “court”, where it first occurs substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

b

in sub-paragraph (ii), for “court”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

c

in sub-paragraph (iii), after “possession” insert “ the First-tier Tribunal or, as the case may be, ”.

I1647

In section 55(1), after the definition of “council tax” insert—

“First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland;

I1748

In Schedule 5—

a

in grounds 1, 2, 5 and 7, for “sheriff”, in each place it occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

b

the title of Part I becomes “ Grounds on which First-tier Tribunal must order possession ”,

c

the title of Part II becomes “ Grounds on which First-tier Tribunal may order possession ”,

d

in paragraph 2 of Part III—

i

for “sheriff”, where it first occurs, substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

ii

in paragraph (b), for “sheriff” substitute “ Tribunal ”,

iii

in the closing words, for “sheriff” substitute “ Tribunal ”,

e

in paragraph 3(1)(a) of that Part, for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”.