{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Contracting out with consent of First-tier Tribunal",
  "text": "(1) The First-tier Tribunal may, on the application of the landlord or the tenant, by order exclude or modify the application to the tenancy of any of the provisions of sections 14, 15 and 17.\n(2) An order under subsection (1) may be made only if—\n(a) the other party under the tenancy consents, and\n(b) the Tribunal , having regard to the terms of the tenancy and to all the circumstances, considers that it is reasonable to do so.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 18(1) substituted (1.12.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 17(2)(a), 104(3); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 18(2)(b) substituted (1.12.2017) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 17(2)(b), 104(3); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 18 title substituted (1.12.2017) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 17(3), 104(3); S.S.I. 2017/330, art. 3, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/section/18",
    "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."
}