The Upper Tribunal for Scotland Bus Registration Appeals (Composition) Regulations 2024

Made: 13th November 2024

Coming into force: 2nd December 2024

In accordance with section 79(2)(c) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Upper Tribunal for Scotland Bus Registration Appeals (Composition) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 2 December 2024.

• (2) In these Regulations—

• “bus service penalty case” means proceedings relating to an appeal under section 39(5A) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001[^f00002],

• “service standards decision case” means proceedings relating to an appeal under regulation 2 of the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Bus Services Improvement Partnerships Service Standards Decisions) (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2024[^f00003], and

• “Upper Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal for Scotland.

Composition of Upper Tribunal

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• (1) The Upper Tribunal, when deciding a bus service penalty case or a service standards decision case, must consist of—

• (a) a legal or judicial member of the Upper Tribunal acting alone,

• (b) two or three legal or judicial members of the Upper Tribunal, or

• (c) the President of Tribunals, acting alone or with no more than two legal or judicial members of the Upper Tribunal.

• (2) The authority to determine the composition of the Upper Tribunal in respect of the alternative compositions referred to in paragraph (1) is delegated to the President of Tribunals, including determining whether a member is to be a legal member or a judicial member.

Signed

SIOBHIAN BROWN — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 13th November 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations make provision as to the composition of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland when dealing with appeals under section 39(5A) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 and appeals under the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Bus Services Improvement Partnerships Service Standards Decisions) (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.

The Upper Tribunal was established by the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014. Members of the Upper Tribunal can be ordinary members, legal members or judicial members according to criteria set out in that Act and regulations made under that Act. This instrument sets out which member or members may hear the appeals referred to in the paragraph above.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 asp 10.

[^f00002]: 2001 asp 2. Section 39(5A) was inserted by S.S.I. 2024/337.

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2024/248.

Editorial notes

[^key-9ce0f34a47608944b27fcb0dc0e7490d]: Reg. 1 in force at 2.12.2024, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-05ee4cb9112f00904fc8eaa410549505]: Reg. 2 in force at 2.12.2024, see reg. 1(1)

[^key-59f9fcd7a8ce0f3932424c2ae626bfbc]: Regulations modified (2.12.2024) by The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Transport Tribunal) Regulations 2024 (S.S.I. 2024/337), reg. 1(1), sch. 1 para. 5