Scottish Committee
On 1 November 2007 the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 came into effect and provided for the establishment of the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council (AJTC), to replace the abolished Council on Tribunals.
The Scottish Committee of the AJTC similarly replaced the Scottish Committee of the Council on Tribunals and, with this change, assumed the remit:
• to keep the overall administrative justice system in Scotland under review;
• to keep under review the constitution and working of those tribunals, under Scottish jurisdiction, which are designated as being under the AJTC’s oversight;
• to keep under review the constitution and working of statutory inquiries relating to Scotland.
Our remit also empowers us to scrutinise and comment on legislation, existing and proposed, relating to all aspects of administrative justice in Scotland.
Currently Richard Henderson CB is our Committee Chair and Professor Mike Adler, Professor Andrew Coyle CMG, Annabell Fowles, Michael Menlowe and Michael Scanlan serve as members of the Scottish Committee. All have been appointed to their posts by Scottish Ministers.
Jim Martin, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, and Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, act as ex-officio members of the Committee.
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