Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14)

Valid from 01/12/2017

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

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

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

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

35 S 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 ”.

36 S 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 ”.

37 S 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 ”.

38 S In section 21(3)—

(a) for “sheriff” substitute “ First-tier Tribunal ”,

(b) for “he” substitute “ Tribunal ”.

39 S In section 22—

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

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

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

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

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

43 S 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 ”.

44 S 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 ”.

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 ”.

46 S 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, ”.

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

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

48 S 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 ”.