C1PART XV GRANTS FOR WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT, REPAIR AND CONVERSION

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Pt. XV (ss. 460–526) modified by S.I. 1986/148, art. 10(4)(b)

F6 General supplementary provisions

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Ss. 524, 525 repealed and superseded (prosp.) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), ss. 194(4), 195(2), Sch. 12 Pt. II

525 Minor definitions.

In this Part—

  • agricultural population ” means—

a

persons whose employment or latest employment is or was employment in agriculture or in an industry mainly dependent on agriculture, and

b

the dependents of those persons;

and for this purpose “ agriculture ” includes dairy-farming and poultry-farming and the use of land as grazing, meadow or pasture land, or orchard or osier land or woodland, or for market gardens or nursery grounds;

  • charity trustees ” has the same meaning as in the F7the Charities Act 2011 ;

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

  • house in multiple occupation ” means a house which is occupied by persons who do not form a single household, exclusive of any part of the house which is occupied as a separate dwelling by persons who form a single household;

  • improvement ” includes alteration and enlargement;

  • owner ”, in relation to a dwelling, means the person who—

a

is for the time being entitled to receive from a lessee of the dwelling (or would be so entitled if the dwelling were let) a rent of not less than two-thirds of the net annual value of the dwelling; and

b

is not himself liable as lessee of the dwelling, or of property which includes the dwelling, to pay such a rent to a superior landlord.

526F1 Index of defined expressions: Part XV

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):—

agricultural population

section 525

applicant

section 515(1)

appropriate percentage

section 509

certificate of availability for letting

section 464(5)

certificate of owner-occupation

section 464(3), (4)

certified date

section 499(3)

charity

section 622

charity trustees

section 525

F2common parts (for the purposes of common parts grant)

F2section 498A(2)(b)

F2common parts grant

F2section 460 and 498A

co-operative housing association

section 5(2)

district (of a local housing authority)

section 2(1)

dwelling

section 525

dwelling for a disabled occupant

section 518

eligible expense

sections 472, 481, 489 and F3,497 and 498F

fit for human habitation

section 604

F4flat (for the purposes of common parts grant)

F4section 498A(2)(a)

general improvement area

section 253

grant (without more)

section 460(1)

house in multiple occupation

section 525

housing action area

section 239

housing association

section 5(1)

housing authority

section 4(a)

improvement

section 518(3) and 525

improvement grant

sections 460 and 467

initial period

section 499(2)

intermediate grant

sections 460 and 474

lessee and let

section 621

local housing authority

section 1, 2(2)

F5long tenancy

F5section 115

member of family

section 520

owner

section 525

protected occupancy

section 622

protected tenancy

section 622

reasonable repair

section 519

registered and unregistered (in relation to a housing association)

section 5(4)

relevant works

section 461(2)

repairs grant

sections 460 and 491

restricted contract

section 622

secure tenancy

section 79

special grant

section 460 and 483

standard amenity

section 508(1)

statutory tenancy

section 622

tenancy and tenant

section 621