(1)In this Act—
" the Act of 1957 " means the [1957 c. 56.] Housing Act 1957 ;
" housing association " has the meaning assigned to it for the purposes of the Act of 1957 by section 189(1) of that Act;
" land " includes any estate or interest in land ;
" the Minister ", except where it means the Secretary of State, means the Minister of Housing and Local Government and, in the application to Wales and Monmouthshire of any provision other than sections 18(3), 18(4), 21(5), 21(6) and 22 and other than the definition of " prescribed " in section 27 as it relates to section 2(3), 4(2), 5(2) or 6(4), means the Secretary of State;
" standard amenities " has the meaning assigned to it by section 7 of this Act.
(2)For the purposes of this Act a person is a member of another's family if that person is—
(a)the other's wife or husband ; or
(b)a son or daughter or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law of the other, or of the other's wife or husband; or
(c)the father or mother of the other, or of the other's wife or husband.
In paragraph (b) of this subsection any reference to a person's son or daughter includes a reference to any step-son or stepdaughter, any illegitimate son or daughter, and any adopted son or daughter of that person, and " son-in-law " and " daughter-in-law " shall be construed accordingly.
(3)Section 4 of the Act of 1957 (standard of fitness for human habitation) shall apply for the purposes of this Act.
(4)For the purposes of this Act the cost of any works shall be taken to include the cost of the employment in connection with the works of an architect, engineer, surveyor, land-agent or other person in an advisory or supervisory capacity.
(5)For the purposes of this Act the annual loan charges referable to any amount shall be, subject to sections 21(7) and 37(7) of this Act, the annual sum that, in the opinion of the Minister, would fall to be provided by a housing authority for the payment of interest on, and the repayment of, a loan of that amount repayable over a period of twenty years.
(6)References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed, except where the context otherwise requires, as references to that enactment as amended, and as including references thereto as applied, by any other enactment, including any enactment contained in this Act.