{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/1",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Consideration of applications",
  "text": "(1) The Chamber President must decide whether to—\n(a) refer an application under section 22(1) or 22(1A) to the First-tier Tribunal , or\n(b) reject the application.\n(2) The Chamber President may reject an application only if the Chamber President considers—\n(a) that it is vexatious or frivolous,\n(b) where the tenant or third party applicant has previously made an identical or substantially similar application in relation to the same house, that there has not been a reasonable period of time between the applications, or\n(c) that the dispute to which the application relates has been resolved.\n(3) The Chamber President must make a decision under subsection (1)—\n(a) within 14 days of the First-tier Tribunal’s receipt of the application concerned, or\n(b) where the Chamber President considers—\n(i) that the decision cannot be made without further information, or\n(ii) that there is a reasonable prospect of the dispute being resolved by the parties,\nby such later date as the Chamber President considers reasonable.\n(4) The Chamber President must, as soon as practicable after rejecting an application under section 22(1) give notice of the rejection—\n(a) to the tenant, and\n(b) where the Chamber President is aware of the name and address of a person who acts for the tenant in relation to the application, to that person.\n(4A) The Chamber President must, as soon as practicable after rejecting an application under section 22(1A) give notice of the rejection to—\n(a) the third party applicant, and\n(b) the tenant.\n(5) A notice under subsection (4) or (4A) must—\n(a) set out the reasons for the rejection, and\n(b) explain the procedure for appealing against it.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(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(4)(a) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1) inserted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(4)(a), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(1)(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(3) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(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(4)(b) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(2)(b) inserted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(4)(b), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(3) 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(4)(c)(i) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(3)(a) 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(4)(c)(ii) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(3)(b) 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(4)(c)(iii) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(3) 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(4)(c)(iv) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(4) 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(4)(d) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(4) inserted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(4)(c), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 23(4A) inserted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(4)(d), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(4A) 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(4)(e) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 23(5) substituted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 25(4)(e), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/349, art. 3, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "S. 23 heading 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(5) (with sch. 1 para. 5)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/1/section/23",
    "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."
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