1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation and commencement

  3. 2.Application of the Rules set out in the schedule

  4. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      THE FIRST-TIER TRIBUNAL FOR SCOTLAND SOCIAL SECURITY CHAMBER RULES OF PROCEDURE 2018

      1. PART 1 Introduction

        1. 1.Interpretation

        2. 2.Overriding objective and parties’ obligation to co-operate with the First-tier Tribunal

        3. 3.Delegation to staff

      2. PART 2 General Powers and Provisions

        1. 4.Case management powers

        2. 4A.Compatibility question under the 2024 Act - raising, intimation and notice

        3. 5.Procedure for applying for and giving orders

        4. 6.Failure to comply with rules etc

        5. 7.Dismissal of a party’s case

        6. 8.Addition, substitution and removal of parties

        7. 9.Representatives

        8. 10.Supporters

        9. 11.Interpreters

        10. 12.Calculating time

        11. 13.Sending and delivery of documents

        12. 14.Disclosure of documents and information

        13. 15.Evidence and submissions

        14. 16.Citation of witnesses and orders to answer questions or produce documents

        15. 17.Withdrawal

        16. 18.Chairing member and voting

        17. 19.Recording of hearings

      3. PART 3 Procedure for cases in the First-tier Tribunal

        1. 20.Notice of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a determination of entitlement to assistance of a type provided for in Part 2 of the 2018 Act

        2. 20A.Notice of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a determination of entitlement to a Scottish child payment

        3. 20B.Notice of appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a determination of entitlement to a carer’s allowance supplement

        4. 21.Response of the decision maker to a notice of appeal against a determination of entitlement

        5. 22.Notice of appeal against a process decision

        6. 22A.Reference of compatibility question to the Court of Session

        7. 23.Decision with or without a hearing

        8. 24.Entitlement to attend a hearing

        9. 25.Notice of hearings

        10. 26.Public and private hearings

        11. 27.Hearings in a party’s absence

        12. 28.Notice of decisions

        13. 29.Reasons for decisions

        14. 30.Publication of decisions

      4. PART 4 Correcting, reviewing and appealing decisions of the First-tier Tribunal

        1. 31.Interpretation

        2. 32.Correction of clerical mistakes or accidental slips or omissions

        3. 33.Application for permission to appeal against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal

        4. 34.First-tier Tribunal’s consideration of application for permission to appeal against its decision

        5. 35.Review of a decision

        6. 36.Duty to treat a request for a review as an application for permission to appeal

  6. Explanatory Note