Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14)

SCHEDULE 1 Transfer of jurisdiction to First-tier Tribunal

PART 4 Landlord registration

Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 8)

56 The 2004 Act is amended as follows.

57 In section 92—

(a) subsection (4) is repealed,

(b) in subsection (5)—

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

(ii) the words “shall be made to the sheriff principal and” are repealed,

(c) in subsection (6), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Upper Tribunal”.

58 In section 92ZA—

(a) in subsection (1)(b)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “sheriff” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “sheriff” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii)(A), for “sheriff’s” substitute “First-tier Tribunal’s”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (ii)(B), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Upper Tribunal”,

(b) in subsection (2)(b)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), for “sheriff” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”,

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), for “sheriff” substitute “First-tier Tribunal”,

(iii) in sub-paragraph (ii)(A), for “sheriff’s” substitute “First-tier Tribunal’s”,

(iv) in sub-paragraph (ii)(B), for “sheriff principal” substitute “Upper Tribunal”.

59 In section 97—

(a) in subsection (6), for “court” substitute “tribunal”,

(b) in subsection (7), for “court” substitute “tribunal”.

60 In section 101(1)—

(a) before the definition of “house”, insert—

• ““First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland,”,

(b) after the definition of “unconnected person”, insert—

• ““Upper Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal for Scotland,”.