56 Minor definitions.E+W
In this Part—
“house” includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;
“housing accommodation” includes flats, lodging-houses and hostels, and “house” shall be similarly construed;
[F1“introductory tenancy” has the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996;]
“lodging-houses” means houses not occupied as separate dwellings;
“member of family” in relation to a person, has the same meaning as in Part V (the right to buy);
“owner”, in relation to premises—
(a)means a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple in the premises, whether in possession or in reversion, and
(b)includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the premises under a lease of which the unexpired term exceeds three years.
Textual Amendments
F1Definition “introductory tenancy” in s. 56 inserted (12.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/74, art. 2, Sch. para. 3(f)