Part 1Housing standards

Chapter 4The repairing standard

Enforcement of repairing standard

23F1Consideration of applications

(1)

F2The Chamber President must decide whether to—

(a)

refer an application under section 22(1) F3or 22(1A) to F4the First-tier Tribunal , or

(b)

reject the application.

(2)

The F5Chamber President may reject an application only if the F5Chamber President considers—

(a)

that it is vexatious or frivolous,

(b)

where the tenant F6or 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

(c)

that the dispute to which the application relates has been resolved.

(3)

The F7Chamber President must make a decision under subsection (1)—

(a)

within 14 days of the F8First-tier Tribunal’s receipt of the application concerned, or

(b)

where the F9Chamber President considers—

(i)

that the decision cannot be made without further information, or

(ii)

that there is a reasonable prospect of the dispute being resolved by the parties,

by such later date as the F10Chamber President considers reasonable.

(4)

The F11Chamber President must, as soon as practicable after rejecting an application F12under section 22(1) give notice of the rejection—

(a)

to the tenant, and

(b)

where the F11Chamber President is aware of the name and address of a person who acts for the tenant in relation to the application, to that person.

F13(4A)

The F14Chamber President must, as soon as practicable after rejecting an application under section 22(1A) give notice of the rejection to—

(a)

the third party applicant, and

(b)

the tenant.

(5)

F15A notice under subsection (4) or (4A) must—

(a)

set out the reasons for the rejection, and

(b)

explain the procedure for appealing against it.