Housing Act 1985

56 Minor definitions.E+W

[F1(1)]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;

  • [F2“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.

  • [F3“social housing” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.]

[F4(1A)In this Part, the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)—

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

(b)“dwelling” (see section 246 of that Act);

(c)“introductory standard contract” (see section 16 of that Act);

(d)“occupation contract” (see section 7 of that Act);

(e)“secure contract” (see section 8 of that Act);

(f)“standard contract” (see section 8 of that Act);

(g)“supported standard contract” (see section 143 of that Act).]

[F5(2)For the purposes of this Part, something is within the remit of the Regulator of Social Housing if it is related to or affects the provision of social housing by a local housing authority, or county council, in England.]

Textual Amendments

F2Definition “introductory tenancy” in s. 56 inserted (12.2.1997) by S.I. 1997/74, art. 2, Sch. para. 3(f)