Statutory Instruments
2026 No. 771
TRIBUNALS AND INQUIRIES
The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2026
Made
7th July 2026
Laid before Parliament
9th July 2026
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)
The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Senior President of Tribunals, makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(9) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007(1).
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2026.
(2) This Order comes into force immediately after the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (Conferral of Tribunal Jurisdiction under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 etc.) Regulations 2026(2) come into force.
(3) Any amendment made by this Order has the same extent as the provision amended.
Amendments to the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010
2.—(1) The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2010(3) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 5A (functions of the Property Chamber), after paragraph (k) insert—
“(l)proceedings under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954(4) as specified in regulations made under section 63(2A) of that Act(5).”.
(3) In article 12 (functions of the Lands Chamber), in paragraph (cc) for “and (j)” substitute “, (j) and (l)”.
Signed by authority of the Lord Chancellor
Sarah Sackman
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
7th July 2026
I concur
James Dingemans
Senior President of Tribunals
26th June 2026
2007 c. 15. There are amendments to this Act but none is relevant to this instrument.
S.I. 2026/569. These Regulations confer on the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal jurisdiction to hear certain proceedings under Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (c. 56) and come into force on 30th July 2026.
S.I. 2010/2655; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/1187, 2024/376.
1954 c. 56. Part 2 was amended by the Agriculture Act 1958 (c. 71), Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 29; the Law of Property Act 1969 (c. 59), sections 1 to 14; the Land Compensation Act 1973 (c. 26), section 47 and Schedule 3; the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 (c. 22), Part XI; the Housing Act 1980 (c. 51), Schedule 26; the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), Schedule 33, paragraph 4; the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (c. 5), Schedule 14, paragraph 21; the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 7; the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 (c. 8), paragraph 10 of the Schedule; the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 (c. 30), Schedule 1, paragraphs 3 and 4; the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c. 26), sections 35(2) to (4) and 36(1); the Digital Economy Act 2017 (c. 30), Schedule 3, paragraph 4; the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022 (c. 46), sections 61 and 63; and S.I. 2003/3096, 2009/1307, 2009/1941.
Section 63(2A) was inserted by section 65 of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.