SCHEDULE 2SPrivate rented housing committees: procedure etc.

Notification of referralS

1(1)The private rented housing committee to which [F1an application] is referred under section 23(1) must, as soon as practicable after receiving the reference, serve notice on the landlord and the tenant—S

(a)setting out the detail of the application in such manner as the committee think fit,

(b)stating that the president of the private rented housing panel has referred the application to the committee for determination, and

(c)specifying the day by which any—

(i)written representations, or

(ii)request to make oral representations,

must be made.

(2)The day so specified—

(a)must be at least 14 days after the day on which the notice is served, and

(b)may, at the request of [F2the landlord or the tenant] , be changed to such later day as the committee think fit.

(3)The committee must notify [F3the landlord and the tenant] of any change under sub-paragraph (2)(b).

[F4(4)In the case of an application under section 22(1A), the committee must, in addition to carrying out the matters mentioned in sub-paragraphs (1) to (3)—

(a)serve on the third party applicant a notice containing the matters mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c),

(b)if the committee thinks fit following a request of the third party applicant, change the day specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c),

(c)notify—

(i)the third party applicant of any change under sub-paragraph (2)(b),

(ii)the landlord and the tenant of any change under paragraph (b).]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in sch. 2 para. 1(2) substituted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 26(1)(b), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/272, art. 2, Sch.

F3Words in sch. 2 para. 1(3) substituted (1.12.2015) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), ss. 26(1)(c), 104(3); S.S.I. 2015/272, art. 2, Sch.