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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) |
[F3the Corporation] | [F3section 6A] |
development corporation | section 4(c) |
dwelling-house | section 112 |
family (member of) | section 113 |
housing association | section 5(1) |
housing authority | section 4(a) |
housing purposes | section 116 |
housing trust | section 6 |
improvement | section 97(2) |
[F4introductory tenancy] | [F4section 115A] |
[F5landlord (in Part V of Schedule 2)] | [F5paragraph 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) |
qualified to succeed (on the death of a secure tenant) | section 87 |
[F6registered social landlord] | [F6section 5(4) and (5)] |
rental period | 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 inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 163(4)
F2Words 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 inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. II para. 109
F4Entry 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.)
F5Words 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
F6Entry in s. 117 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(14)
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