In this Chapter (unless the context otherwise requires)—

• “conveyance” includes assignment, transfer and surrender, and related expressions shall be construed accordingly;

• “the initial notice” means the notice given under section 13;

• “the nominee purchaser” shall be construed in accordance with section 15;

• “the participating tenants” shall be construed in accordance with section 14;

• “premises with a resident landlord” shall be construed in accordance with section 10;

• “public sector landlord” means any of the persons listed in section 171(2) of the M1Housing Act 1985;

• “qualifying tenant” shall be construed in accordance with section 5;

• “the relevant date” has the meaning given by section 1(8);

• “relevant landlord” and “the reversioner” shall be construed in accordance with section 9;

• “the right to collective enfranchisement” means the right specified in section 1(1);

• “secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;

• “the specified premises” shall be construed in accordance with section 13(12);

• “the terms of acquisition” has the meaning given by section 24(8);

• “unit” means—

  1. a

     a flat;

  2. b

     any other separate set of premises which is constructed or adapted for use for the purposes of a dwelling; or

  3. c

     a separate set of premises let, or intended for letting, on a business lease.

Any reference in this Chapter (however expressed) to the acquisition or proposed acquisition by the nominee purchaser is a reference to the acquisition or proposed acquisition by the nominee purchaser, on behalf of the participating tenants, of such freehold and other interests as fall to be so acquired under a contract entered into in pursuance of the initial notice.

Any reference in this Chapter to the interest of a relevant landlord in the specified premises is a reference to the interest in those premises by virtue of which he is, in accordance with section 9(2)(b), a relevant landlord.

Any reference in this Chapter to agreement in relation to all or any of the terms of acquisition is a reference to agreement subject to contract.