12(1)A licence to occupy a dwelling-house is not a secure tenancy if—
(a)the licence was granted by an almshouse charity, and
(b)any sum payable by the licensee under the licence does not exceed the maximum contribution that the Charity Commissioners have from time to time authorised or approved for the almshouse charity as a contribution towards the cost of maintaining its almshouses and essential services in them.
(2)In this paragraph “almshouse charity” means a corporation or body of persons which is a charity and is prevented by its rules or constituent instrument from granting a tenancy of the dwelling-house.