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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/schedule-4/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/4/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The local authority may decide to hear oral representations about the application.\n(2) If the local authority decides to hold such a hearing, it must invite—\n(a) the applicant,\n(b) each respondent who has made a valid written representation or a late written representation which the authority intends to consider, and\n(c) any other person it thinks fit,\nto make oral representations.\n(3) An invitation under sub-paragraph (1) must be given not less than 7 days before the proposed hearing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 7 in force at 31.8.2011 by S.S.I. 2010/159, art. 3"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/schedule/4/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."
}