PART 1Injunctions

Supplemental

20Interpretation etc

(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.