Landlord and Tenant Act 1954

22 Interpretation of Part I.

(1) In this Part of this Act :—

• " Act of 1920 ", " Act of 1933 "," Act of 1938 "," Act of 1939 " and " Act of 1949 " mean respectively the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920, the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1933, the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1938, the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Act, 1939, and the Landlord and Tenant (Rent Control) Act, 1949, and " Acts of 1920 to 1938 " means the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920 to 1938;

• " date of termination " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section four of this Act;

• " the dwelling-house " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (3) of section six of this Act;

• " election to retain possession " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (6) of section four of this Act;

• " former tenancy " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section six of this Act;

• " initial repairs " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section eight of this Act;

• '' the landlord " has the meaning assigned to it by the last foregoing section ;

• " landlord's notice proposing a statutory tenancy " and " landlord's notice to resume possession " have the meanings assigned to them respectively by subsection (5) of section four of this Act;

• " long tenancy " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (4) of section two of this Act;

• " order " includes judgment;

• " payment for accrued tenant's repairs " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section eight of this Act;

• " the period of the statutory tenancy " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (6) of section seven of this Act;

• " premises qualifying for protection " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (3) of section three of this Act;

• " qualifiying condition " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section two of this Act;

• " the Rent Acts " means the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts, 1920 to 1939 and the Act of 1949 ;

• " tenancy at a low rent " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (5) of section two of this Act;

• " term date " has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (6) of section two of this Act.

(2) In relation to the premises constituting the dwelling-house the expression " the tenant" in this Part of this Act means the tenant under the former tenancy and, except as respects any payment for accrued tenant's repairs not payable by instalments, includes any successor to his statutory tenancy, and the expression " successor to his statutory tenancy ", in relation to that tenant, means a person who after that tenant's death retains possession of the dwelling-house by virtue of the Rent Acts.

(3) In determining, for the purposes of any provision of this Part of this Act, whether the property comprised in a tenancy, or any part of that property, was let as a separate dwelling, the nature of the property or part at the time of the creation of the tenancy shall be deemed to have been the same as its nature at the time in relation to which the question arises, and the purpose for which it was let under the tenancy shall be deemed to have been the same as the purpose for which it is or was used at the last-mentioned time.