Part 1Housing standards
Chapter 4The repairing standard
Enforcement of repairing standard
23F6Consideration of applications
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F7The Chamber President must decide whether to—
b
reject the application.
2
a
that it is vexatious or frivolous,
b
where the tenant F3or 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 F11Chamber President must make a decision under subsection (1)—
a
within 14 days of the F13First-tier Tribunal’s receipt of the application concerned, or
4
The F9Chamber President must, as soon as practicable after rejecting an application F4under section 22(1) give notice of the rejection—
a
to the tenant, and
b
where the F9Chamber President is aware of the name and address of a person who acts for the tenant in relation to the application, to that person.
F14A
The F10Chamber 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
F5A notice under subsection (4) or (4A) must—
a
set out the reasons for the rejection, and
b
explain the procedure for appealing against it.