Housing Act 1985

187 Minor definitions. E+W

In this Part—

• “improvement” means [F1 , in relation to a dwelling house,] any alteration in, or addition to, [F2 the dwelling-house] and includes—

  (a)

  any addition to, or alteration in, landlord’s fixtures and fittings and any addition or alteration connected with the provision of services to [F2 the dwelling-house],

  (b)

  the erection of a wireless or television aerial, and

  (c)

  the carrying out of external decoration;

• [F3 and shall be similarly construed in relation to any other building or land;]

• [F4 “improvement contribution” means an amount payable by a tenant of a flat in respect of improvements to the flat, the building in which it is situated or any other building or land, other than works carried out in discharge of any such obligations as are referred to in paragraph 16A(1) of Schedule 6 (obligations to repair, reinstate, etc.);]

• “long tenancy” means—

  (a)

  a long tenancy within the meaning of part IV,

  (b)

  [F5 a tenancy falling within paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the M1 Tenants’ Rights, Etc. (Scotland) Act 1980, or]

  (c)

  a tenancy falling within paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the M2 Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983;

  and “long lease” shall be construed accordingly;

• “total share”, in relation to the interest of a tenant under a shared ownership lease, means his initial share plus any additional share or shares in the dwelling-house acquired by him.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 30(2)(a)

F2 Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c.63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 30(2)(b)

F3 Words inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 30(2)(c)

F4 Definition inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 30(3)

F5 By Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2)(3), Sch. 23 para. 30(2), Sch. 24 (which by s. 340(3) is expressed to extend to Scotland only) it is provided that in s. 187, in the definition of “long tenancy”, paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect (S.)

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 52.

M2 S.I. 1983/1113 (N.I. 15).