The General Regulatory Chamber is a Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland. The functions of the Scottish Charity Appeals Panel were transferred into the Chamber in 2018 and from Thursday 1 June 2023 the Parking and Bus Lane Appeals jurisdiction within the Chamber has been known as Transport Appeals. The Police Appeal Tribunal transferred into the Chamber on 29 December 2025.
The President of the Chamber is Alexander Green.
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Charity appeals
The Charity Appeals jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal deals with appeals against decisions made by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR); the body which regulates charitable activity in Scotland.
Phone: 0300 303 5760
Email: charityappeals@scotcourtstribunals.gov.uk
Police appeals
The Police Appeals jurisdiction of the General Regulatory Chamber hears appeals from police officers against decisions to dismiss them, or to demote them in rank, as a result of misconduct, performance or vetting proceedings brought against them. Each Police Appeals panel consists of three independent lawyers chosen from a pool of experienced lawyers appointed by the Chamber President.
Phone: 0300 303 5760
Transport appeals
The Transport appeals tribunal considers appeals against Penalty Charge Notices issued by a number of councils within Scotland for parking contraventions and for three councils for bus lane enforcement notifications. From the 1 June 2023 the tribunal has considered penalty charge notices relating to the new Low Emission Zones and other transport related appeals have been added since then.
Phone: 0300 303 5760
Email: transportappeals@scotcourtstribunals.gov.uk
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News update
Taking of oral evidence from overseas in tribunal proceedings
As users of The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, Upper Tribunal for Scotland, The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland, The Pensions Appeals Tribunal and The Lands Tribunal for Scotland will be aware, SCTS makes the following request of parties who wish to lead oral evidence from witnesses located outside of the UK in tribunal proceedings. It is helpful if parties contact the tribunal to make staff aware of their intention to lead such evidence. It is also helpful if parties confirm whether the proposed witness is a citizen or a resident in that country or not, so that the tribunal is made aware of the reason for the request that oral evidence is given from that country.
In the case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Agbabiaka [2021] UKUT 00286, the UK Upper Tribunal held that parties to proceedings before the First-tier Tribunal who seek to lead oral evidence from witnesses located overseas were to ascertain whether the government of that foreign state had any objection and if there were any legal objections to the giving of evidence from its territory by making enquiries with the ‘Taking of Evidence Unit’ of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (“FCDO”).
The FCDO has put in place a process whereby it facilitates tribunals based in the UK seeking approval from other jurisdictions for evidence to be taken remotely from those jurisdictions.
A number of signatory states to the Hague Convention of 18 March 1970 on Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters consider that it applies to requests for taking of evidence by video link by foreign courts and expects letters of request to be submitted, rather than the FCDO process being followed.
The approach currently recommended to the judiciary in these tribunals is that, where it is proposed that a witness located overseas is to give evidence remotely, it will only seek permission from the jurisdiction in which that witness is located if the witness does not agree to give evidence.
As has been made clear on the SCTS website, as well as individual chamber and tribunal websites, if a party wishes to lead oral evidence from a witness located in a jurisdiction outside the UK, they should make SCTS Tribunals’ administration aware of this as soon as it is known that a witness requires to give evidence from outside the UK. It is ultimately a matter for the presiding judge as to whether a witness may give their evidence remotely from outside the UK.