# Housing (Scotland) Act 2006, Paragraph 2

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(1) The First-tier Tribunal may, in considering an application, make such inquiries as it thinks fit for the purposes of determining whether the landlord has complied with the duty imposed by section 14(1)(b) in relation to the house concerned.
(2) Inquiries may be made about matters other than those to which the application relates.
(3) Inquiries must include—
(a) consideration of any timeous written representation made by or on behalf of the landlord , the tenant or, as the case may be, third party applicant ,
(b) where the First-tier Tribunal receives a timeous request to make an oral representation, hearing any such representation made by or on behalf of the landlord , tenant or, as the case may be, third party applicant who made the request, and
(c) consideration of any report about the state of repair of the house concerned which the First-tier Tribunal requests a third party to prepare.
(4) A representation or request is timeous if it is received—
(a) by the day specified in accordance with paragraph 1(1)(c), or
(b) where a later day is specified in accordance with paragraph 1(2)(b) or (4)(b) , by that later day.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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