The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber (Allocation of Functions) Amendment Regulations 2021 [draft] were laid before the Parliament on 22 January 2021 and referred to the Social Security Committee.

The regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure (Rule 10.6) and it is for the Social Security Committee to recommend to Parliament whether they should be approved.

This instrument amends the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Allocation of Functions to the Social Security Chamber) Regulations 2018 and the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber (Procedure and Allocation of Functions) Amendment Regulations 2020.

In amending these regulations, it extends the period of assignment for the acting Social Security Chamber president, who is also the president of another chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, until 31 March 2024.

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 9 February 2021 and did not raise any issues.

Following the evidence session, Shirley-Anne Somerville moved motion S5M-23951 –

That the Social Security Committee recommends that the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Social Security Chamber (Allocation of Functions) Amendment Regulations 2021 [draft] be approved.

The motion was agreed to without division.

The evidence taken can be found in the Official Report for 18 February 2021.