PART XVIE+W ASSISTANCE FOR OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE HOUSING

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. XVI (Ss. 527–577) modified by S.I. 1986/797, regs. 2, 3–18

C3Pt. XVI (Ss. 527–577): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(a)(4)

Pt. XVI (ss. 527-577) extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, ss. 39, 66(2)(b), Sch. 13 para. 21(e) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5))

Pt. XVI (ss. 527-577) modified (1.4.1995) by S.I. 1995/401, art. 18, Sch. para. 8(d)

Effect of repurchase on occupierE+W

558 Interpretation of ss. 553 to 557.E+W

(1)In sections 553 to 557 (effect of repurchase on occupier)—

(a)“dwelling-house” has the same meaning as in Part IV (secure tenancies);

(b)“occupier”, in relation to a dwelling-house, means a person who occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home or (in the case of a statutory tenant) as his residence;

(c)references to the grant of a secure tenancy are to the grant of a tenancy which would be a secure tenancy assuming that the tenant under the tenancy occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home

[F1(d)references to the grant of a secure contract are to the grant of an occupation contract which would be a secure contract (within the meaning given by section 8 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)) assuming that the contract-holder under the contract occupies the dwelling as their only or principal home;

(e)the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—

(i)“contract-holder” (see section 7 (see also section 48) of that Act);

(ii)“occupation contract” (see section 7 of that Act).]

Textual Amendments