Housing Act 1985

622 Minor definitions: general. E+W

In this Act—

• [F1 “assured tenancy” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988;

• “assured agricultural occupancy” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988]

• “bank” means—

[F2 (a) an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987, or]

(b) a company as to which the Secretary of State was satisfied immediately before the repeal of the Protection of Depositors Act 1963 that it ought to be treated as a banking company or discount company for the purposes of that Act;

• “building regulations” means—

(a) building regulations made under Part I of the Building Act 1984,

(b) new street byelaws made under Part X of the Highways Act 1980, or

(c) any provision of a local Act, or of a byelaw made under a local Act, dealing with the construction and drainage of new buildings and the laying out and construction of new streets;

• [F3 “building society”means a building society within the meaning of the Building Societies Act 1986]

• “cemetery” has the same meaning as in section 214 of the Local Government Act 1972;

• “charity” has the same meaning as in the Charities Act 1960;

• [F4 “district valuer”, in relation to any land in the district of a local housing authority, means an officer of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue appointed by them for the purpose of exercising, in relation to that district, the functions of the district valuer under this Act;]

• “friendly society” means a friendly society, or a branch of a friendly society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 or earlier legislation;

• “general rate fund” means—

(a) in relation to the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the general fund of that council;

(b) in relation to the Common Council of the City of London, that council’s general rate;

• “hostel” means a building in which is provided, for persons generally or for a class or classes of persons—

(a) residential accommodation otherwise than in separate and self-contained sets of premises, and

(b) either board or facilities for the preparation of food adequate to the needs of those persons, or both;

• “insurance company” means an insurance company to which Part II of the Insurance Companies Act 1982 applies;

• “protected occupancy” and “protected occupier” have the same meaning as in the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;

• “protected tenancy” has the same meaning as in Rent Act 1977;

• “regular armed forces of the Crown” means the Royal Navy, the regular forces as defined by section 225 of the Army Act 1955, the regular air force as defined by section 223 of the Air Force Act 1955, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service and the Women’s Royal Naval Service;

• “the Rent Acts” means the Rent Act 1977 and the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;

• “restricted contract” has the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1977;

• “shared ownership lease” means a lease—

(a) granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling or of the cost of providing it, or

(b) under which the tenant (or his personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling;

• “standard scale”, in reference to the maximum fine on conviction of a summary offence, has the meaning given by section 75 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982;

• “statutory maximum”, in reference to the maximum fine on summary conviction of an offence triable either summarily or on indictment, has the meaning given by section 74 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982;

• “statutory tenancy” and “statutory tenant” means a statutory tenancy or statutory tenant within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 or the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;

• “street” includes any court, alley, passage, square or row of houses, whether a thoroughfare or not;

• “subsidiary”has [F5 the meaning given by section 736 of] the Companies Act 1985;

• “trustee savings bank” means a trustee savings bank registered under the Trustee Savings Banks Act 1981 or earlier legislation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Definitions inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. I para. 64

F2 Words substituted by Banking Act 1987 (c. 22, SIF 10), s. 108(1), Sch. 6 para. 21

F3 Definition substituted by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(1), Sch. 18 Pt. I para. 18(5)

F4 Entry substituted by S.I. 1990/434, reg. 2, Sch. para. 23

F5 Words substituted by Companies Act 1989 (c. 40, SIF 27), s. 144(4), Sch. 18 para. 40