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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Upper Tribunal for Scotland Bus Registration Appeals (Composition) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 2 December 2024.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “bus service penalty case” means proceedings relating to an appeal under section 39(5A) of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001,
 “service standards decision case” means proceedings relating to an appeal under regulation 2 of the Public Service Vehicles (Registration of Local Services) (Bus Services Improvement Partnerships Service Standards Decisions) (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2024, and
 “Upper Tribunal” means the Upper Tribunal for Scotland.
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(1) The Upper Tribunal, when deciding a bus service penalty case or a service standards decision case, must consist of—
(a) a legal or judicial member of the Upper Tribunal acting alone,
(b) two or three legal or judicial members of the Upper Tribunal, or
(c) the President of Tribunals, acting alone or with no more than two legal or judicial members of the Upper Tribunal.
(2) The authority to determine the composition of the Upper Tribunal in respect of the alternative compositions referred to in paragraph (1) is delegated to the President of Tribunals, including determining whether a member is to be a legal member or a judicial member.
SIOBHIAN BROWN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
13th November 2024