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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. . . |
[F4contract-holder | section 116] |
development corporation | section 4(c) |
dwelling-house | section 112 |
family (member of) | section 113 |
[F5flexible 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) |
[F6introductory tenancy] | [F6section 115A] |
[F7landlord (in Part V of Schedule 2)] | [F7paragraph 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) |
[F4prohibited conduct standard contract | section 116] |
qualified to succeed (on the death of a secure tenant) | section 87 |
[F8registered social landlord] | [F8section 5(4) and (5)] |
[F9the Relevant Authority] | [F9section 6A] |
rental period | section 116 |
[F4secure contract | 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F3Entry in s. 117 repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 140, 152, Sch. 16 para. 11(a), Sch. 18 Pt.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
F4Words in s. 117 inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 11(18) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 2, 11, 12, 19)
F5Entry 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)
F6Entry 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.)
F7Entry 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
F8Entry in s. 117 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(14)
F9Entry 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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