Section 22 Application in respect of the repairing standardF11I1
Scotland
A tenant may apply to the F1First-tier Tribunal for determination of whether the landlord has failed to comply with the duty imposed by section 14(1)(b).
A person mentioned in subsection (1B) may apply to the F3First-tier Tribunal for determination of whether a landlord has failed to comply with the duty imposed by section 14(1)(b) (a person who makes such an application being referred to as a “third party applicant”).
The persons are—
a local authority,
a person specified by order made by the Scottish Ministers.
An application under subsection F4(1) or (1A) must set out the tenant's, or as the case may be, the third party applicant's reasons for considering that the landlord has failed to comply with that duty.
No F5application under this section may be made unless the person making the application has notified the landlord that work requires to be carried out for the purpose of complying with that duty.
No F6application under this section may be made where the landlord is—
a local authority landlord (within the meaning of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 10)),
a registered social landlord (being a body registered in the register maintained under F7section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17)),
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Scottish Water.
The tenant of the house concerned is entitled to be a party in the determination of any application made under subsection (1A).
Schedule 2 makes further provision about the procedure for making and determining an application under this section.
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Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in s. 22(1) 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(2)(a) (with sch. 1 para. 5)
- F2
S. 22(1A)(1B) inserted (1.12.2015 for specified purposes, 1.4.2016 for specified purposes, 1.6.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(1)(a), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch.
- F3
Words in s. 22(1A) 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(2)(b) (with sch. 1 para. 5)
- F4
Words in s. 22(2) substituted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(1)(b), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch.
- F5
Words in s. 22(3) substituted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(1)(c), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch.
- F6
Words in s. 22(4) substituted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(1)(d), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch.
- F7
Words in s. 22(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2012) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17), s. 166(2), Sch. 2 para. 14; S.S.I. 2012/39, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2) (as amended (1.4.2012) by S.S.I. 2012/91, art. 4)
- F8
S. 22(4)(c) repealed (20.11.2014) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), Sch. 2 para. 17(a); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, Sch.
- F9
S. 22(4A) inserted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(1)(e), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch.
- F10
S. 22(6) repealed (20.11.2014) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), Sch. 2 para. 17(b); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, Sch.
- F11
S. 22 heading substituted (1.12.2015) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(2), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch.
Commencement
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S. 22 wholly in force at 3.9.2007; s. 22 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 195(3); s. 22(5) in force for certain purposes at 4.12.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/569, art. 2; s. 22 in force at 3.9.2007 by S.S.I. 2007/270, {art. 3 Table}