{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
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  "legislation": "asp/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A tenant may withdraw an application under section 22(1) at any time (and the tenant is to be treated as having withdrawn it if the tenancy concerned is lawfully terminated).\n(1A) A third party applicant may withdraw an application under section 22(1A) at any time.\n(2) Where an application is withdrawn before the Chamber President has referred the case to the First-tier Tribunal , the Chamber President may—\n(a) abandon the application, or\n(b) despite the withdrawal, continue to refer the case to the First-tier Tribunal .\n(3) Where an application is withdrawn after it has been referred to the First-tier Tribunal, the First-tier Tribunal may—\n(a) abandon its consideration of the application, or\n(b) despite the withdrawal—\n(i) continue to determine the application, and\n(ii) if it does so by deciding that the landlord has failed to comply with the duty imposed by section 14(1), make and enforce a repairing standard enforcement order.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7(1A) inserted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 26(6), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/272, art. 2, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 7(2) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/338), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 2(18)(b)(i) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 7(2) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 6(20)(h)(i) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 7(2) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Panel) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/338), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 2(18)(b)(ii) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 7(3) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 6(20), (h)(ii)(aa) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in sch. 2 para. 7(3)(a) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 6(20), (h)(ii)(bb) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in sch. 2 para. 7(3)(b)(ii) substituted (1.12.2016) by The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Transfer of Functions of the Private Rented Housing Committees) Regulations 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/337), reg. 1(2), sch. 2 para. 6(20), (h)(ii)(cc) (with sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:19.148871+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."
}