185 Meaning of “secure tenancy” and “secure tenant”.E+W
(1)References in this Part to a secure tenancy or a secure tenant in relation to a time before 26th August 1984 are to a tenancy which would have been a secure tenancy if Chapter II of Part I of the M1Housing Act 1980 and Part I of the M2Housing and Building Control Act 1984 had then been in force or to a person who would then have been a secure tenant.
(2)For the purpose of determining whether a person would have been a secure tenant and his tenancy a secure tenancy—
(a)a predecessor of a local authority shall be deemed to have been such an authority, and
(b)a housing association shall be deemed to have been registered if it is or was [F1a [F2private registered provider of social housing or] registered social landlord] at any later time.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 185(2)(b) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(16)
F2Words in s. 185(2)(b) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 28 (with art. 6, Sch. 3)
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