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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/upper-tribunal-for-scotland-procedure-rules-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2026/33",
  "legislation_title": "The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Procedure Rules) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2026",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the rules of procedure for the Upper Tribunal for Scotland in consequence of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”).\nRegulation 2 amends the rules of procedure in the schedule of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2016.\nRegulation 3 amends the rules of procedure in the schedule of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2018.\nRegulation 4 amends the rules of procedure in schedule 1 of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Local Taxation Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2022.\nRegulation 5 amends the rules of procedure in the schedule of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Bus Registration Appeals Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2024.\nTwo new rules are inserted into each of the above instruments. The first new rule sets out the procedure to be followed when a party raises a compatibility question with reference to the definition of “compatibility question” in section 31 of the 2024 Act. This includes how a compatibility question should be raised, intimated to the Lord Advocate, the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland and the Scottish Commission for Human Rights (“the relevant authorities”) in accordance with section 34(1) of the 2024 Act, and how the relevant authorities may subsequently intervene in any proceedings that relate to a compatibility question in accordance with section 34(2) of the 2024 Act.\nThe second new rule sets out the procedure to be followed when the Upper Tribunal refers a compatibility question to the Inner House of the Court of Session for determination, in accordance with section 35(2) of the 2024 Act.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/33/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:55.444886+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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