In these Regulations—

• “the Act” means the Housing Act 2004;

• “the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 19853;

• “application” means an application or appeal to a tribunal under the Act or Part 9 of the 1985 Act and “applicant” bears a corresponding meaning;

• “case management conference” means a pre-trial review or any other meeting held by a tribunal for the purpose of managing the proceedings in respect of an application;

• “the Fees Regulations” means the Residential Property Tribunals (Fees)(England) Regulations 20064;

• “IMO authorisation application” means an application for authorisation to make an interim management order5;

• “interested person” means in relation to a particular application—

  1. a

     a person other than the applicant who would have been entitled under the Act or the 1985 Act (as the case may be) to make the application;

  2. b

     a person to whom notice of the application must be given by the applicant in accordance with the following provisions of the Act—

     1. i

        section 73(7);

     2. ii

        section 96(7);

     3. iii

        paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1; or

     4. iv

        paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 3;

  3. c

     a person to whom the tribunal must give the opportunity of being heard in accordance with the following provisions of the Act—

     1. i

        section 34(4); or

     2. ii

        section 317(2);

  4. d

     the LHA where it is not a party to the application;

• “LHA” means the local housing authority6;

• “premises” means the dwelling or building to which the application relates;

• “the respondent” means, in respect of an application to which a paragraph of the Schedule to these Regulations applies, the person or persons, or one of the persons, specified in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph;

• “statement of reasons” means a statement of reasons prepared by the LHA under section 8 of the Act (reasons for decision to take enforcement action); and

• “tribunal” means a residential property tribunal, and “the tribunal” in relation to an application means the tribunal by which the application is to be determined.