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106 Minor definitions — general.E+W+S

(1)In the application of this Act in England and Wales—

  • [F1bank” means—

[F2(a)an institution authorised under the Banking Act 1987, or]

(b)a company as to which the Secretary of State was satisfied immediately before the repeal of the M1Protection of Depositors Act 1963 that it ought to be treated as a banking company or discount company for the purposes of that Act;]

  • [F1the Companies Act” means the M2Companies Act 1985;]

  • dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;

  • [F1friendly society” means a friendly society or branch of a friendly society registered under the M3Friendly Societies Act 1974 or earlier legislation;]

  • hostel” means a building in which is provided for persons generally or for a class or classes of persons—

(a)residential accommodation otherwise than in separate and self-contained sets of premises, and

(b)either board or facilities for the preparation of food adequate to the needs of those persons, or both;

  • house” includes—

(a)any part of a building which is occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling;

(b)any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;

  • [F3[F4housing activities”, in relation to a registered housing association, means all its activities in pursuance of such of its purposes, objects or powers as are of a description mentioned in section 1(1)(a) or subsections (2) to (4) of section 4.]]

  • [F1insurance company” means an insurance company to which Part II of the M4Insurance Companies Act 1982 applies;]

  • local authority” means a county, [F5county borough,]district, or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly and in [F6section 84(5)]includes . . . F7 a joint authority established by Part IV of the M5Local Government Act 1985 [F8and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority][F9and in section 85(4) includes such a joint authority [F8the London Fire and Planning Authority] and a police authority established under [F10section 3 of the M6Police Act 1996][F11, the Metropolitan Police Authority]][F12and the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad and the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service];

  • new town corporation” means the Commission for the New Towns or a development corporation within the meaning of the M7New Towns Act 1981;

  • shared ownership lease” means a lease—

(a)granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the house or dwelling or of the cost of providing it, or

(b)under which the tenant (or his personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference directly or indirectly to the value of the house or dwelling;

  • [F1trustee savings bank” means a trustee savings bank registered under the M8Trustee Savings Bank Act 1981 or earlier legislation;]

  • urban development corporation” means an urban development corporation established under Part XVI of the M9Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.

(2)In the application of this Act in Scotland—

  • [F13bank” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

  • charge” includes a heritable security;

  • [F13the Companies Act” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

  • dwelling” means a house;

  • [F13friendly society” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

  • [F14heritable security” means any security capable of being constituted over any interest in land by disposition or assignation of that interest in security of any debt and of being recorded in the Register of Sasines or, as the case may be, registered in the Land Register of Scotland and which includes a security constituted by an ex facie absolute disposition or assignation or by a standard security;]

  • hostel” means—

(a)in relation to a building provided or converted before 3rd January 1962, a building in which is provided, for persons generally or for any class or classes of persons, residential accommodation (otherwise than in separate and self-contained dwellings) and board, and

(b)in relation to a building provided or converted on or after that date, a building in which is provided for persons generally or for any class or classes of persons, residential accommodation (otherwise than in houses) and either board or common facilities for the preparation of adequate food to the needs of those persons, or both;

  • house” includes—

(a)any part of a building, being a part which is occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, and in particular includes a flat, and

(b)includes also any yard, garden, outhouses and pertinents belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;

  • [F15housing activities” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

  • [F13insurance company” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

  • local authority” means [F16a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994];

  • mortgage” means a heritable security and “mortgagee” means a creditor in such a security;

  • new town corporation” means a development corporation within the meaning of the M10New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

  • [F17shared ownership lease” has the same meaning as in subsection (1);]

  • [F17shared ownership agreement” means an agreement whereby—

(a)a pro indiviso right in a dwelling is sold to a person and the remaining pro indiviso rights therein are leased to him subject to his being entitled, from time to time, to purchase those remaining rights until he has purchased the entire dwelling; or

(b)pro indiviso rights in dwellings are conveyed to trustees to hold on behalf of persons each of whom, by purchasing a share in those dwellings, becomes entitled to exclusive occupancy of one of the dwellings but with any such person who wishes to sell or otherwise dispose of his share being required to do so through the agency of the trustees,

or such other agreement as may be approved whereby a person acquires a pro indiviso right in a dwelling or dwellings and thereby becomes entitled to exclusive occupancy of the dwelling or, as the case may be, one of the dwellings;]

[F13trustee savings bank” has the same meaning as in subsection (1).]

[F18(3)In the definition of “shared ownership agreement” in subsection (2) above, “approved” means approved by the Secretary of State after consultation with [F19Scottish Homes].]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 106(1): definitions repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with art. 4(2)(3))

F3S. 106(1): definition of “housing activities”repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with art. 4(2)-(4))

F5S. 106(1): words in definition of “local authority”inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 22(2), Sch. 8 para. 6(2) (with ss. 54(4)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 3, Sch. 1

F6S. 106(1): words in definition of “local authority”substituted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, 1.4.1995 otherwise) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 59(a); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(2)(e); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.

F8S. 106(1): words in definition of “local authority”inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 328(8), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 43 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1094, art. 4(h)

F9S. 106(1): words in definition of “local authority”added (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, 1.4.1995 otherwise) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 59(b); S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(2)(e); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4(1), Sch.

F10S. 106(1): words in definition of “local authority”substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(w)

F11Words in s. 106 inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 325, Sch. 27 para. 52, (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/1648, art. 2, Sch.

F12S. 106(1): words in definition of “local authority”inserted (31.10.1997) by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 50; S.I. 1997/2390, art. 2(1)(2)(u) (subject to transitional provisions in arts. 3-7)

F13S. 106(1): definitions repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with art. 4(2)(3))

F15S. 106(1): definition of “housing activities”repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with art. 4(2)-(4))

F16S. 106(2): words in definition of “local authority”substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 143(4); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c)

F17Definition beginning “shared ownership agreement” substituted (S.) for definition beginning “shared ownership lease” by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 13(2) and Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 (c. 43, SIF 61), s. 72(2), Sch. 9 para. 9

F19Words in s. 106(3) substituted (S.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 15(35)

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