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Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

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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;

  • [F1“arbitration agreement”, “arbitration proceedings” and “arbitral tribunal” have the same meaning as in Part I of the M1Arbitration Act 1996;]

  • “co-operative housing association” has the same meaning as in the M2Housing 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 [F2county borough] 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 . . . F3[F4the Broads Authority][F5, a police authority established under [F6section 3 of the Police Act 1996][F7, the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad]and]a joint authority established by Part IV of the M3Local Government Act 1985;

  • “local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the M4Housing Act 1985;

  • “new town corporation” means—

(a)a development corporation established by an order made, or treated as made, under the M5New Towns Act 1981, or

(b)the Commission for the New Towns;

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

  • [F8“registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act);.]

  • “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 M6Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

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F1Definition in s. 38 inserted (1.9.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 83(5); S.I. 1997/1851, art. 2

F5Words in s. 38 inserted (1.10.1994 subject to modifications in art. 6(3)-(6) of S.I. 1994/2025 and otherwise 1.4.1995 by S.I. 1994/3262) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 60; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.

F6Words in s. 38 substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(x)

F7Words in s. 38 inserted (31.10.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 51; S.I. 1997/2390, art. 2

F8Definition in s. 38 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 16(4)

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