Appendix G :
The Council's Work 2005/2006
Statutory Instruments
Listed Listed below are the Statutory Instruments (excluding Orders under the Road Traffic Act 1991) considered by the Council and the Scottish Committee and made during the period 1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006.
| The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2005 |
S.S.I. 2005/514 |
| The Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2006 |
S.S.I. 2006/88 |
| The Education (Admission Appeals Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/1398 (W.112) |
| The Employment Tribunals (Constitution and Rules of Procedure) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/1865 |
| The Financial Assistance Scheme (Appeals) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/3273 |
| The Lands Tribunal (Amendment) Rules 2006 |
S.I. 2006/880 |
| The Leasehold Valuation Tribunals (Procedure) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/1356 (W.104) |
| The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) Rules 2005 |
S.S.I. 2005/420 |
| The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No.2) Rules 2005 |
S.S.I. 2005/519 |
| The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (Practice and Procedure) (No.2) Amendment Rules 2006 |
S.S.I. 2006/171 |
| The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2005 |
S.S.I. 2005/334 |
| The National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 |
S.S.I. 2006/139 |
| The National Health Service (Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 |
S.S.I. 2005/335 |
| The National Health Service (Tribunal) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 |
S.S.I. 2006/122 |
| The Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 |
S.I. 2006/1035 (W.105) |
| The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2005 |
S.I. 2005/2496 |
| The Pension Protection Fund (Reference of Reviewable Matters to the PPF Ombudsman) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/2024 |
| The Residential Property Tribunal (Right to Buy Determinations) Procedure (England) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/1509 |
| The Residential Property Tribunal Procedure (England) Regulations 2006 |
S.I. 2006/831 |
| The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/2676 |
| The Seed (Registration, Licensing and Enforcement) (Wales) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/3038 (W.226) |
| The Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2005 |
S.I. 2005/2115 |
| The Tribunals and Inquiries (Bus Lane Adjudicators) (England) Order 2005 |
S.I. 2005/2758 |
| The Valuation Tribunals (Wales) Regulations 2005 |
S.I. 2005/3364 (W.261) |
| The Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2006 |
S.S.I. 2006/71 |
Visits
Our visits to tribunals are the most effective means by which we can discharge our statutory duty to "keep under review the constitution and working" of the tribunals we supervise. The discharge of our duty in relation to inquiries is effected in the same way. The details below expand the summary given in the introduction to this Report.
Tribunals
- Adjudication Panel for England | Suffolk
- Agricultural Land Tribunals (2) | Cumbria, Lancashire
- Appeals Service (3) | Bristol, Merseyside, Shropshire
- Appeals Service (Scotland) (2) | Glasgow, Inverness
- Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (7) | London (5), Greater Manchester, Tyne & Wear
- Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (Scotland) | Glasgow
- Asylum Support Adjudicators | Surrey
- Care Standards Tribunal | West Midlands
- Children's Hearings (Scotland) (2) | Aberdeen, Glenrothes
- Civil Aviation Authority | London
- Education Appeal Committee (Scotland) (9) | Dalkeith, Dundee, Edinburgh, Fort William, Haddington, Inverness, Kilmarnock, Renfrew, Rothesay
- Employment Tribunals (3) | Hertfordshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire
- Employment Tribunals (Scotland) | Aberdeen
- Financial Services and Markets Tribunal | London
- Information Tribunal (2) | Leicestershire, London
- Immigration Services Tribunal | London
- Mental Health Review Tribunals | Tyne & Wear
- Mental Health Review Tribunals for Wales (2) | Cardiff, Mid Glamorgan
- Mental Health Tribunal (Scotland) | Edinburgh
- NHS Discipline Committee (Scotland) (3) | Glasgow (2), Motherwell
- NHS National Appeal Panel (Scotland) | Ayr
- NHS Tribunal (Scotland) | Edinburgh
- Parking Adjudicators (NPAS) | Bedfordshire
- Parking Adjudicators (PTAS) | London
- Pensions Appeal Tribunals | Birmingham
- Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland) | Edinburgh
- Pensions Ombudsman | London
- Police Appeal Tribunal | Edinburgh
- Residential Property Tribunal Service | Greater Manchester
- School Admission Appeal Panels (3) | Hampshire, West Midlands, Merthyr Tydfil
- School Exclusion Appeal Panels (3) | Berkshire, London, Cardiff
- School Admissions Adjudicator | Bristol
- Scottish Parking Appeals Service (Scotland) (2) | Dundee, Glasgow
- Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal | London
- Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales | Gwynedd
- Traffic Commissioners | West Yorkshire
- Traffic Commissioners (Scotland) | Aberdeen
- Transport Tribunal | London
- Valuation Appeal Committee (Scotland) (2) | Inverness, Stirling
- Valuation Tribunals | Kent
- VAT and Duties Tribunal (2) | Greater Manchester, London
Inquiries
- Planning Inquiries | Hampshire
- Public Local Inquiry (Scotland) | Edinburgh
Conferences, Training Seminars and User Groups
- Access to Justice: Resolving Housing Disputes Awayday | Oxfordshire
- Additional Support Needs Tribunal Training Events (2) | Glasgow, Stirling
- Adjudication Panel for England Training Event | London
- Advice Services Alliance Users Event (3) | London
- Alternative Dispute Resolution Academic Network | London
- Appeals Service Training Events (3) | Glasgow, London, South Glamorgan
- Appeals Service User Group (2) | Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Asylum and Immigration Tribunal User Group | Glasgow
- British and Irish Ombudsman Association Annual Conference | London
- Citizens Advice Bureau Seminar | Edinburgh
- Competition Commission Lecture | London
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel Users Forum | London
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel Annual Seminar | Warwickshire
- Education Appeal Committee Training Event | Edinburgh
- Education Appeal Panels Training Events (4) | West Yorkshire, Cambridge, Camden, Portsmouth
- Employment Tribunals User Group (3) | Edinburgh (2), Glasgow
- Employment Tribunals User Group | Nottinghamshire
- Immigration Services Tribunal Conference | London
- JSB Annual Lecture | London
- JSB Training Event | London
- Mental Health Review Tribunal Stakeholders Meeting (3) | London
- Mental Health Tribunal (Scotland) Conference | Glasgow
- Mental Health Tribunal (Scotland) Training Event | Glasgow
- NHS National Appeal Panel Training Event | Edinburgh
- Office of the President of Appeal Tribunals Conference | Northern Ireland
- Residential Property Tribunal Service Users Group | London
- Residential Property Tribunal Service Reception | London
- Scottish Consumer Council Conference | Edinburgh
- Social Security and Child Support Commissioners Training Day | London
- Special Commissioners and VAT & Duties Tribunal Training | Berkshire
- Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales User Group | Gwynedd
- Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales Training Event | Clwyd
- Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales Conference | Clwyd
- Tax Appeals Modernisation Project Seminar | Edinburgh
- Tax Appeals Stakeholders Group Meeting (5) | London
- Traffic Commissioners Conference | Edinburgh
- Valuation Tribunals Service Conference | London
- Value Added Tax & Duties Tribunal User Group | Edinburgh
Meetings
Apart from routine meetings held by our committees, we had meetings during the course of the year with:
- Professor Martin Partington, Tribunals Service Research Advisory Group
- Peter Handcock, Chief Executive of the Tribunals Service
The Dispute Resolution Group had meetings with:
- Ian Pattison, Secretary, and Jodi Berg, British and Irish Ombudsman Association;
- Professor Peter Spiller, Principal Disputes Referee, Wellington Tribunals Unit
The Diversity sub-group had a meeting with:
- Sheila Sturgeon, Liz Houghton, Angela Bridgman, Geoff Rudd, Dawn Turner, Joanne Dore, Mike Wyebrow, Geetha Mazarelo, members of the school admissions and exclusions EASI groups
The Economic and Regulatory committee had meetings with:
- Siobhan McGrath, Senior President, Residential Property Tribunal Service
- Trish McConnell, Principal Adjudicator of the Tenancy Tribunal in New Zealand
The Social Affairs committee had meetings with:
- Jack Fargher, Head of Mental Health Review Tribunal Secretariat
- Christina Townsend, Chief Executive, and Sir Leonard Peach, non-Executive Director of the Appeals Service
The User Issues Group had a meeting with:
- Tony Wall, Atul Sharda and James Wood, Department for Constitutional Affairs
Our Chairman has attended regular meetings of the Department for Constitutional Affairs Tribunals Service Programme Board, the Appeals Service Implementation Board and Tax Appeals Project Board meetings. He also had meetings with the British and Irish Ombudsman Association and attended the Tribunals Service Judicial Conference, the Valuation Tribunal Service Annual Conference, and a Conference on Leggatt Reform in Belfast. He and other members of the Council attended a series of seminars on administrative justice run by the Nuffield Foundation.
Apart from those he met at these events and at the Council's own Conference, the Chairman had separate meetings with:
- Baroness Ashton, Lord Kingsland and The Countess of Marr
- Anne Galbraith OBE, Chair of the Valuation Tribunal
- Steve Karas, Principal Member of the Australian Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal
- P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, The European Ombudsman
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