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Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

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(1)In this Part—

  • anti-social behaviour” has the meaning given by section 2;

  • harm” includes serious ill-treatment or abuse, whether physical or not;

  • housing accommodation” includes—

    (a)

    flats, lodging-houses and hostels;

    (b)

    any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the accommodation or usually enjoyed with it;

    (c)

    any common areas used in connection with the accommodation;

  • housing provider” means—

    (a)

    a housing trust, within the meaning given by section 2 of the Housing Associations Act 1985, that is a charity;

    (b)

    a housing action trust established under section 62 of the Housing Act 1988;

    (c)

    in relation to England, a non-profit private registered provider of social housing;

    (d)

    in relation to Wales, a Welsh body registered as a social landlord under section 3 of the Housing Act 1996;

    (e)

    any body (other than a local authority or a body within paragraphs (a) to (d)) that is a landlord under a secure tenancy within the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;

  • local authority” means—

    (a)

    in relation to England, a district council, a county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

    (b)

    in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

  • respondent” has the meaning given by section 1(1).

(2)A person's age is treated for the purposes of this Part as being that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.

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