Criminal Justice Committee 29 October 2025
It should not have any effect on the waiting times. Currently, the appeals are administered by the Scottish Police Authority. Upon transfer, they will be administered by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
It is important to remember that the police appeals tribunal is a very low-volume jurisdiction. Since 2013, only 22 appeals have made it to the police appeals tribunal, so there is an average of less than two appeals per year. Because it is such a low-volume jurisdiction, we do not have robust data on waiting times. However, the transfer should not affect waiting times for appellants. The procedure rules detail timescales for people to provide responses and for the chief constable to provide a reply to the notice of appeal from the appellant.