Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

38 Minor definitions. E+W

In this Act—

• “address” means a person’s place of abode or place of business or, in the case of a company, its registered office;

• “co-operative housing association” has the same meaning as in the M1 Housing Associations Act 1985;

• “dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;

• “housing association” has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985;

• “local authority” means a district, county or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly and in sections 14(4), 26(1) and 28(6) includes . . . F1 [F2 the Broads Authority] a joint authority established by Part IV of the M2 Local Government Act 1985;

• “local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the M3 Housing Act 1985;

• “new town corporation” means—

(a) a development corporation established by an order made, or treated as made, under the M4 New Towns Act 1981, or

(b) the Commission for the New Towns;

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

• “registered”, in relation to a housing association, means registered under the Housing Associations Act 1985;

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

• “urban development corporation” has the same meaning as in Part XVI of the M5 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237(2), Sch. 13 Pt. I

F2 Words inserted by Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4, SIF 81:1), ss. 23(2), 27(2), Sch. 6 para. 26

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 38 extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 10, Sch. 3 para. 4(y)

Marginal Citations

M1 1985 c. 69.

M2 1985 c. 51

M3 1985 c. 68.

M4 1981 c. 64.

M5 1980 c. 65.