3. In these Regulations—
“the 2008 Regulations” means the Housing (Right to Manage)(England) Regulations 2008;
“acceptance date” means the date on which a tenant management organisation receives a notice under regulation 11(2)(a) that an authority has accepted its proposal notice;
“approved assessor” means a person approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of assessing the competence of tenant management organisations under regulation 13(1);
“approved assessor service” means a person designated by the Secretary of State to appoint an approved assessor on the application of a tenant management organisation under regulation 13(1);
“area” in relation to a tenant management organisation, means the area specified in its constitution in accordance with regulation 4(1)(b);
“authority” means the local housing authority on which a proposal notice is served;
“commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;
“competence” means the competence of a tenant management organisation to exercise the management functions set out in the offer notice;
“house”(1) includes—
part of a house;
land let together with a house; and
land held for a purpose related to the house;
“management functions” has the same meaning as in section 27 of the Housing Act 1985;
“offer notice” means the offer notice prepared by the authority and TMO under regulation 14;
“proposal notice” means a notice which complies with regulation 9;
“support” means the provision or financing by an authority of office accommodation, facilities or training;
“tenant” means a person who holds a secure tenancy (within the meaning of section 79 of the Housing Act 1985), or other tenancy of a house from an authority;
“TMO” means a tenant management organisation; and
“TMO agreement” means an agreement required to be made between an authority and a tenant management organisation under regulation 16.
“House” is defined for the purposes of Part 2 of the Housing Act 1985, in section 56 of that Act.