{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/15",
  "legislation_title": "Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunals-courts-and-enforcement-act-2007",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Transfer of judicial review applications from the Court of Session",
  "text": "(1) Where an application is made to the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court of Session, the Court—\n(a) must, if Conditions 1 and 2 are met, and,\n(aa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) may, if Conditions 1 and 3 are met, but Condition 2 is not,\nby order transfer the application to the Upper Tribunal.\n(2) Condition 1 is that the application does not seek anything other than an exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court of Session.\n(3) Condition 2 is that the application falls within a class specified for the purposes of this subsection by act of sederunt made with the consent of the Lord Chancellor.\n(4) Condition 3 is that the subject matter of the application is not a devolved Scottish matter.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) There may not be specified under subsection (3) any class of application which includes an application the subject matter of which is a devolved Scottish matter.\n(7) For the purposes of this section, the subject matter of an application is a devolved Scottish matter if it—\n(a) concerns the exercise of functions in or as regards Scotland, and\n(b) does not relate to a reserved matter within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).\n(8) In subsection (2), the reference to the exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court of Session includes a reference to the making of any order in connection with or in consequence of the exercise of that jurisdiction.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1)(a) substituted (1.11.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 22(2)(a)(i), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 20(1)(aa) omitted (1.11.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 22(2)(a)(ii), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 20(1)(b) substituted (1.11.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 22(2)(a)(iii), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 20(5)(5A) omitted (1.11.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 22(2)(b), 61(3); S.I. 2013/2200, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 20 wholly in force at 3.11.2008; s. 20 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 148; s. 20(3)(6)(7) in force at 19.9.2007 by S.I. 2007/2709, art. 2(a); s. 20(1)(2)(4)(5)(8) in force at 3.11.2008 by S.I. 2008/2696, art. 5(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/15/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:45.892078+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}