{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-19.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/26",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/19",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Admission to housing list",
  "text": "(1) An applicant for housing held by a social landlord is entitled to be admitted to a housing list unless the applicant is under 16 years of age.\n(2) In this section, “housing list” means a list of applicants for housing which is kept by any social landlord or jointly by or on behalf of any two or more social landlords in connection with the allocation of housing held by it or them for housing purposes.\n(3) In this Part, “social landlord” means any local authority or any registered social landlord.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 19 substituted (1.4.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 9; S.S.I. 2002/168, art. 2, Sch. (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(1) substituted (20.11.2014) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(2)(a); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(2) substituted (20.11.2014) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(2)(b)(i); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 19(2) substituted (20.11.2014) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(2)(b)(ii); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 19(3) substituted (20.11.2014) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(2)(c); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": null,
      "affecting": "asp/2001/10",
      "affecting_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/26/section/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:37.661692+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."
}