The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010

Functions of the Lands Chamber

12.  To the Lands Chamber are allocated—

(a) all functions related to—

(i) compensation and other remedies for measures taken which affect the ownership, value, enjoyment or use of land or water, or of rights over or property in land or water;

(ii) appeals from decisions of leasehold valuation tribunals, residential property tribunals, the Valuation Tribunal for England or a valuation tribunal in Wales;

(iii) the determination of questions of the value of land or an interest in land arising in tax proceedings;

(iv) proceedings in respect of restrictive covenants, blight notices or the obstruction of light;

(b) the Upper Tribunal’s function as arbitrator under section 1(5) of the Lands Tribunal Act 1949(1);

(c) an application for the Upper Tribunal to grant the relief mentioned in section 15(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Upper Tribunal’s “judicial review” jurisdiction) which relates to a decision of a tribunal mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)(ii);

(d) any other functions transferred to the Upper Tribunal by the Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009(2).

(1)

1949 c. 42. Section 1(5) was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307).

(2)

S.I. 2009/1307