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In this Part—

  • banning order” has the meaning given by section 14;

  • banning order offence” has the meaning given by section 14;

  • body corporate” includes a body incorporated outside England and Wales;

  • database” means the database of rogue landlords and letting agents established under section 28;

  • English letting agency work” has the meaning given by section 54;

  • English property management work” has the meaning given by section 55;

  • financial penalty” means a penalty that—

    (a)

    is imposed in respect of conduct that amounts to an offence, but

    (b)

    is imposed otherwise than following the person's conviction for the offence;

  • housing” means a building, or part of a building, occupied or intended to be occupied as a dwelling or as more than one dwelling;

  • “letting”—

    (a)

    includes the grant of a licence, but

    (b)

    except in Chapter 4, does not include the grant of a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years,

    and “let” is to be read accordingly;

  • letting agency work” has the meaning given by section 54;

  • letting agent” has the meaning given by section 54;

  • local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 1985;

  • officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means—

    (a)

    any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or

    (b)

    any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity;

  • property agent” means a letting agent or property manager;

  • property manager” has the meaning given by section 55;

  • residential landlord” means a landlord of housing;

  • “tenancy”—

    (a)

    includes a licence, but

    (b)

    except in Chapter 4, does not include a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years.

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