SCHEDULE 1 S Transfer of jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal

PART 1 S Regulated tenancies, Part VII contracts and assured tenancies

Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c.43) S

45 S 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 ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 45 in force at 1.12.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch.