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[F1526 Index of defined expressions: Part XVE+W
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] |
Textual Amendments
F1S. 526 repealed and superseded (prosp.) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), ss. 101(5), 194(4), 195(2), Sch. 12 Pt. II
F2Entries inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 15, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14(2)
F3Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 15, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14(3)
F4Entry inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 15, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14(2)
F5Entry inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 131(6)
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