# The Upper Tribunal for Scotland (Social Security Rules of Procedure) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 7: Delegation to staff


(1) Staff of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service may, with the approval of the President, carry out functions of a judicial nature permitted or required to be undertaken by the Upper Tribunal, provided that they are of a preliminary or an incidental nature.
(2) The approval referred to in paragraph (1) may apply generally to the carrying out of specified functions by members of staff of a specified description in specified circumstances.
(3) Where the Upper Tribunal sends notice of a decision made by a member of staff pursuant to an approval under paragraph (1) to a party, that party may, within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the party is presumed to have received the notice, make a written application to the Upper Tribunal for that decision to be considered afresh by a member of the Upper Tribunal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/274/schedule/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/upper-tribunal-for-scotland-social-security-rules-of-procedure-regulations-2018/schedule/paragraph-7
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