PART 2OCCUPATION CONTRACTS AND LANDLORDS

CHAPTER 2NATURE OF CONTRACTS WHICH CAN BE MADE ETC. BY COMMUNITY LANDLORDS AND PRIVATE LANDLORDS

Definitions

I19Community landlords

1

In this Act “community landlord”means a landlord which is—

a

an authority mentioned in subsection (2),

b

a registered social landlord, other than a fully mutual housing association or a co-operative housing association, or

c

a private registered provider of social housing (see section 80(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17)).

2

The authorities are—

a

a local authority;

b

a new town corporation;

c

a housing action trust;

d

an urban development corporation;

e

a housing co-operative to which subsection (3) applies.

3

This subsection applies to a housing co-operative (within the meaning of section 27B of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)) to the extent that any dwelling subject to an occupation contract is comprised in a housing co-operative agreement within the meaning of that section.

4

In this Act “registered social landlord” means a person registered in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52).

5

In this Act “fully mutual housing association” and “co-operative housing association” have the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985 (c. 69) (see section 1(2) of that Act).

6

The Welsh Ministers may by regulations amend this section for the purpose of—

a

providing that a person which is for the time being a community landlord is not a community landlord;

b

providing that a person which is not a community landlord is a community landlord;

c

changing a description of a person which is for the time being a community landlord.

I210Private landlords

In this Act “private landlord” means a landlord that is not a community landlord.