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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-scotland-act-2013/section-5",
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  "legislation": "asp/2013/6",
  "legislation_title": "High Hedges (Scotland) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-hedges-scotland-act-2013",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Dismissal of application",
  "text": "(1) A relevant local authority must dismiss an application where the authority considers that—\n(a) the applicant has not complied with the duty imposed by section 3(1), or\n(b) the application is frivolous or vexatious.\n(2) As soon as is reasonably practicable after dismissing an application, the authority must notify the applicant of—\n(a) its decision, and\n(b) the reasons for its decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 5 in force at 1.4.2014 by S.S.I. 2014/54, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/6/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:30.198355+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}