Composition and procedure of tribunals and inquiries
8 Procedural rules for tribunals.
(1)
The power of a Minister, the Lord President of the Court of Session, the Commissioners of Inland Revenue or the Foreign Compensation Commission to make, approve, confirm or concur in procedural rules for any tribunal specified in Schedule 1 shall be exercisable only after consultation with the Council.
(2)
The power of the Treasury to make—
(a)
regulations under section 48(3) of the M1Building Societies Act 1986 (regulations with respect to appeals to the tribunal established under section 47 of that Act), or
(b)
regulations under section 30 of the M2Banking Act 1987 (regulations with respect to appeals under Part I of that Act),
shall be exercisable only after consultation with the Council.
(3)
The Council shall consult the Scottish Committee in relation to the exercise of their functions under this section—
(a)
with respect to any tribunal specified in Part II of Schedule 1, or
(b)
with respect to any regulations under section 30 of the Banking Act 1987 which (by virtue of subsection (4) of that section) are made by the Lord Advocate.
(4)
In this section “procedural rules” includes any statutory provision relating to the procedure of the tribunal in question.