{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/schedule-6/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/58",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Scotland) Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If it appears to the rent officer that the information supplied to him is insufficient to enable him to issue a certificate of fair rent he shall serve on the applicant a notice stating that he will not entertain the application and that, if a request in writing to that effect is made by the applicant within 14 days from the service of the notice or such longer period as a rent officer or the First-tier Tribunal may allow, the rent officer will refer the application to the First-tier Tribunal.\n(2) If such a request is made, then—\n(a) if it is made within the period of 14 days referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above or the First-tier Tribunal so directs, the rent officer shall refer the application to the First-tier Tribunal;\n(b) if it is made after the expiry of that period, the rent officer may either refer the application to the First-tier Tribunal or seek the directions of the First-tier Tribunal whether so to refer it.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(1) 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. 1(29)(a)(i) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(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. 1(29)(a)(ii)(aa) (with sch. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 2(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. 1(29)(a)(ii)(bb) (with sch. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:01:00.324932+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."
}