# The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (Procedure) Regulations 2016 S.S.I. 2016/339 · made 27 October 2016 · revised to 1 December 2017 Schedule 1 of these Regulations sets out the rules of procedure in respect of proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (“the First-tier Tribunal”). Part 2 of schedule 1 covers proceedings in respect of homeowners and Part 3 covers proceedings in respect of the private rented housing sector, including landlord applications and assured tenancy references. Made under: Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014 (Section 55, Schedule 9 paragraph 4); Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (Section 17, Section 19, Section 24, Section 32, Section 34, Section 48, Section 53); Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 (Schedule 5 paragraph 8) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-for-scotland-housing-and-property-chamber-procedure-regulations-2016/pdf/ssi_20160339_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-for-scotland-housing-and-property-chamber-procedure-regulations-2016/pdf/ssipn_20160339_en.pdf ## Introductory text Tribunals And Inquiries Made 27th October 2016 Laid before the Scottish Parliament 31st October 2016 Coming into force 1st December 2016 The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 55(1) and paragraph 4(2) of schedule 9 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014, sections 17(2) and (3), 19(3), 24(1) and (3), 32(2) and (4), 34(1), 48(2) and 53(3) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, paragraph 8(1)(a) of schedule 5 of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 and all other powers enabling them to do so. In accordance with paragraph 4(3) of schedule 9 of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014, they have consulted the President of Tribunals and such other persons as they considered appropriate. ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Application of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber Rules of Procedure 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature ANNABELLE EWING Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 27th October 2016 ## Schedule 1: The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber Rules of Procedure 2016 ### Part 1: General provisions ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Requirements for making an application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The overriding objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Application of the overriding objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Correction of clerical mistakes or accidental slips or omissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Application for permission to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 First-tier Tribunal’s consideration of application for permission to appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7A Review of a decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Representatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Prohibition on recording of proceedings by parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Procedure in respect of homeowner applications ## 12 Application of Part 2 and interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Required attachments to application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Notification of referral to the First-tier Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Hearing applications together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Inquiries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Lodging of documents etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Withdrawal of the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Power to determine the proceedings without an oral hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Exclusion of persons disrupting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Adjournment of a hearing on an application by a party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Hearing case in the absence of a party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Absence of a member of the First-tier Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Death or incapacity of a homeowner or property factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Decisions on section 14 duty and compliance with property factor enforcement orders etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Signature of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Transitional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 3: Procedure in respect of private rented applications ### Procedure common to proceedings in respect of private rented applications ## 34 Application of this Part of the Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Hearing two or more applications together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Withdrawal of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Exclusion of persons disrupting proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Procedure in respect of Repairing Standard Applications ## 42 Applications under section 22(1) or (1A) of the Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Need for additional work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Procedure for further applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Adjournment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Amendment to the party’s written representations raising new issues of disrepair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Hearing case in the absence of a party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Voting for and giving of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Death, insolvency or incapacity of a party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Procedure in respect of Landlord applications to the First-tier Tribunal ## 54 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Rejection of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Person authorised to enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Decision to assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Decision to assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Procedure in respect of Assured Tenancy References to the First-tier Tribunal ## 59 Assured Tenancy References to the First-tier Tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Assured Tenancy Reference Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Documents at Assured Tenancy Reference Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Inspection of house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Giving of notices in respect of assured tenancy references, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Procedure in respect of regulated tenancy references ## 65 Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Inspection of dwelling-house . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Giving of Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 FORMS ## Schedule 3 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) Schedule 1 of these Regulations sets out the rules of procedure in respect of proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (“the First-tier Tribunal”). Part 2 of schedule 1 covers proceedings in respect of homeowners and Part 3 covers proceedings in respect of the private rented housing sector, including landlord applications and assured tenancy references. Schedule 2 contains forms to be used for certain purposes of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984 and the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, and for the purpose of proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal. Schedule 3 lists instruments that are to be revoked. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/339 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/first-tier-tribunal-for-scotland-housing-and-property-chamber-procedure-regulations-2016 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.