Version Superseded: 01/12/2022
Point in time view as at 08/05/2017. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Housing Act 1985, Section 117 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression in the same section or paragraph):—
| [F1assured tenancy] | [F1section 622] |
| cemetery | section 622 |
| charity | section 622 |
| common parts (in relation to a dwelling-house let under a tenancy) | section 116 |
| [F2consent (in Schedule 3A)] | [F2paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule] |
| co-operative housing association | section 5(2) |
| F3. . . | F3. . . |
| development corporation | section 4(c) |
| dwelling-house | section 112 |
| family (member of) | section 113 |
| [F4flexible tenancy | section 107A] |
| housing association | section 5(1) |
| housing authority | section 4(a) |
| housing purposes | section 116 |
| housing trust | section 6 |
| improvement | section 97(2) |
| [F5introductory tenancy] | [F5section 115A] |
| [F6landlord (in Part V of Schedule 2)] | [F6paragraph 5 of that Part] |
| landlord authority | section 114 |
| local authority | section 4(e) |
| local housing authority | section 1, 2(2) |
| long tenancy | section 115 |
| [F2management agreement and manager] | [F2sections 27(2)and 27B(4)] |
| new town corporation | section 4(b) |
| qualified to succeed (on the death of a secure tenant) | section 87 |
| [F7registered social landlord] | [F7section 5(4) and (5)] |
| [F8the Relevant Authority] | [F8section 6A] |
| rental period | section 116 |
| secure tenancy | section 79 |
| term (in relation to a secure tenancy) | section 116 |
| urban development corporation | section 4(d) |
| variation (of the terms of a secure tenancy) | section 102(2) |
Textual Amendments
F1Entry in s. 117 inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 163(4)
F2Entry in s. 117 inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 27; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2)
F3Entry in s. 117 repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 140, 152, Sch. 16 para. 11(a), Sch. 18 Pt. VI (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
F4Entry in s. 117 inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 155(5), 240(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(a) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)
F5Entry in s. 117 inserted (4.2.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 141(1), Sch. 14 para. 4; S.I. 1997/66, art. 2 (subject to savings in Sch.)
F6Entry in s. 117 inserted (prosp.) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), ss. 24(2), 57(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 27
F7Entry in s. 117 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(14)
F8Entry in s. 117 inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 11(b) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5
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