Citation, commencement and interpretationS
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber and Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Composition) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 22 November 2018.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 2018 Act” means the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 M1;
“the 2015 Regulations” means the Scottish Tribunals (Eligibility for Appointment) Regulations 2015 M2;
“the Chamber President” means the Chamber President of the First-tier Tribunal;
“the First-tier Tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber M3;
“ordinary member with disability experience” means a member of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland who is eligible for appointment under regulation 3D of the 2015 Regulations M4;
“ordinary member with medical experience” means a member of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland who is eligible for appointment under regulation 3C of the 2015 Regulations M5;
“process decision” means a decision made under section 38, 41(3) or 42 of the 2018 Act;
“reserved benefit” means a benefit which is to any extent a reserved matter within the meaning of schedule 5 of the Scotland Act 1998 M6; and
“the Upper Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal for Scotland.
Marginal Citations
M2S.S.I. 2015/381, which was amended by S.S.I. 2017/274 and S.S.I. 2018/276.
M3The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber is brought into being by S.S.I. 2018/349.
M4Regulation 3D was inserted by S.S.I. 2018/276.
M5Regulation 3C was inserted by S.S.I. 2018/276. This followed from the insertion into the 2015 Regulations of regulations 3A and 3B, by S.S.I. 2017/274.
M61998 c.46. The relevant section is F1 in Part 2 of schedule 5, which was amended by the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11), sections 22 to 28.