In this Part—

• “appropriate tribunal” means—

  1. a

     in relation to a lease of a house in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal; and

  2. b

     in relation to a lease of a house in Wales, a leasehold valuation tribunal;

• “appurtenant property”, in relation to a house, means any garage, outhouse, garden, yard or appurtenances belonging to, or usually enjoyed with, the house;

• “enforcement authority” means a local weights and measures authority in England or Wales;

• “house”: see section 5;

• “lead enforcement authority” has the meaning given by section 20;

• “lease”—

  1. a

     means a lease at law or in equity (and references to the grant or assignment of a lease are to be construed accordingly);

  2. b

     includes a sub-lease;

  3. c

     does not include a mortgage term;

• “leasehold house restrictions” has the meaning given by section 17(2);

• “long residential lease of a house”: see section 2;

• “long term”, in relation to a lease: see section 3;

• “notify” means notify in writing, and “notification” is to be construed accordingly;

• “permitted lease”: see section 7;

• “permitted lease certificate” means a certificate issued by the appropriate tribunal under section 8;

• “residential lease”: see section 6.

In this Part, references to the grant of a lease in relation to a lease which takes effect as a deemed surrender and regrant of a lease are to the regrant of the lease.