# Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 71: First-tier Tribunal's jurisdiction


(1) In relation to civil proceedings arising from a private residential tenancy—
(a) the First-tier Tribunal has whatever competence and jurisdiction a sheriff would have but for paragraph (b),
(b) a sheriff does not have competence or jurisdiction.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), civil proceedings are any proceedings other than—
(a) the prosecution of a criminal offence,
(b) any proceedings related to such a prosecution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/19/section/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-housing-tenancies-scotland-act-2016/section-71
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