244Landlord, lodger and permitted occupier
(1)This section applies for the purposes of interpreting this Act.
(2)The landlord, in relation to an occupation contract, is the person that is (or purports to be) entitled to confer on an individual a right to occupy the dwelling as a home.
(3)A person lives in a dwelling as a lodger if the tenancy or licence under which he or she occupies the dwelling falls within paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 (accommodation shared with landlord).
(4)But a person does not live in a dwelling as a lodger if he or she is given notice under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 that his or her tenancy or licence is an occupation contract.
(5)A person is a permitted occupier of a dwelling subject to an occupation contract if—
(a)he or she lives in the dwelling as a lodger or sub-holder of the contract-holder, or
(b)he or she is not a lodger or sub-holder but is permitted by the contract-holder to live in the dwelling as a home.