{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/section-38",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001/section-38.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/10",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Appeals",
  "text": "(1) A person who is aggrieved by a decision of a landlord mentioned in section 11(1)(b) to make a house available to the person for occupancy on the basis of—\n(a) an occupancy agreement instead of a Scottish secure tenancy or a short Scottish secure tenancy,\n(b) a tenancy which is not a Scottish secure tenancy or a short Scottish secure tenancy, or\n(c) a short Scottish secure tenancy instead of a Scottish secure tenancy,\nmay raise proceedings by summary application.\n(2) In such proceedings the court may, if it considers that there are good grounds for doing so, order the landlord to let the house to the person under a Scottish secure tenancy or, as the case may be, a short Scottish secure tenancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 wholly in force at 30.9.2002, see s. 113(1)(2) and S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2 (subject to transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/10/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:14.316341+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."
}