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.

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;

• F1“the 2020 Regulations” means the Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020;

• F3“the Carer’s Allowance Supplement Regulations” means the Carer’s Allowance Supplement and Young Carer Grants (Residence Requirements and Procedural Provisions) (EU Exit) (Scotland) Regulations 2020;

• “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;

• F2“process decision” means—

  1. a

     in relation to an appeal under section 61 of the 2018 Act, a decision made under section 38, 41(3) or 42 of that Act;

  2. b

     in relation to an appeal under paragraph 23 of the schedule of the 2020 Regulations, a decision made under paragraph 1(4), 14(5) or 15(2)(b) of the schedule of those Regulations;

  3. c

     F4in relation to an appeal under paragraph 13 of schedule 2 of the Carer’s Allowance Supplement Regulations, a decision made under paragraph 1(5), 4(6) or 5(2)(b) of schedule 2 of those Regulations.

• “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.