- agricultural land
means land used for agriculture as defined in section 109 of the Agriculture Act 1947, • “forestry land” does not include agricultural land, • “occupier” includes a person responsible for the carrying on of any activity on agricultural or forestry land as servant or agent of the occupier, • “owner” includes a person exercising, as servant or agent of the owner, functions of estate management in relation to the land.
- agriculture
includes—
- animal
includes bird but does not include fish.
- consumable produce
means produce grown for consumption or other use after severance or separation from the land or other growing medium on or in which it is grown;
- contract of employment
means a contract of employment or apprenticeship (whether express or implied and, if express, whether oral or in writing).
- Crown interest
means an interest which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster or to the Duchy of Cornwall or to a government department, or which is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a Government department.
- employment
means employment under one or more contracts of employment, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
- English new towns residuary body
means the Homes and Communities Agency so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to it as mentioned in section 52(1)(a) to (d) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 or the Greater London Authority so far as exercising its new towns and urban development functions.
- forestry
includes—
- landlord
includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original landlord and also includes, in relation to any dwelling-house, any person other than the tenant who is, or but for Part II of the Rent Act 1968 or Part II of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 would be, entitled to possession of the dwelling-house;
- licence
means any contract whereby (whether or not the contract contains other terms) one person grants to another, whether or not for any consideration, the right to occupy a dwelling-house as a residence, and references to the granting of a licence shall be construed accordingly, • “rates” includes water rates and charges and an occupier’s drainage rate, • “tenancy” includes sub-tenancy, • “tenancy at a low rent” means a tenancy under which either no rent is payable or the rent payable is less than two-thirds of the rateable value which is or was the rateable value of the dwelling-house on the appropriate day for the purposes of the Rent Act 1977, • “tenant” includes statutory tenant and also includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.
- livestock
includes any animal which is kept for the production of food, wool, skins or fur, or for the purpose of its use in the carrying on of any agricultural activity, and for the purposes of this definition “animal” includes bird but does not include fish.
- living accommodation
means accommodation of such a nature that the fact that it constitutes or is included in the shared accommodation is (or, if the tenancy has ended, was) sufficient, apart from this section, to prevent the tenancy from constituting a protected occupancy of a dwelling-house.
- long tenancy
means a tenancy granted for a term of years certain exceeding 21 years, whether or not subsequently extended by act of the parties or by any enactment;
- occupier
includes a person responsible for the carrying on of any activity on agricultural or forestry land as servant or agent of the occupier, • “owner” includes a person exercising, as servant or agent of the owner, functions of estate management in relation to the land.
- owner
includes a person exercising, as servant or agent of the owner, functions of estate management in relation to the land.
- Part VI contract
has the meaning given by section 70(6) of the Rent Act 1968.
- protected occupier by succession
means a person who is a protected occupier by virtue of subsection (2), (3) or (4) above;
- protected occupier in his own right
means a person who is a protected occupier by virtue of subsection (1), (2) or (3) above;
- rates
includes water rates and charges and an occupier’s drainage rate, • “tenancy” includes sub-tenancy, • “tenancy at a low rent” means a tenancy under which either no rent is payable or the rent payable is less than two-thirds of the rateable value which is or was the rateable value of the dwelling-house on the appropriate day for the purposes of the Rent Act 1977, • “tenant” includes statutory tenant and also includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.
- registered
means registered in the register under Part IV of the Rent Act 1977. • “rent based on rateable value” has the meaning given by section 12(9) of this Act, • “rental period” means a period in respect of which a payment of rent, or in the case of a licence the equivalent of rent, falls to be made.
- relevant licence
means any licence under which a person has the exclusive occupation of a dwelling-house as a separate dwelling and which— would be a protected tenancy for the purposes of that Act.
- relevant tenancy
means any tenancy under which a dwelling-house is let as a separate dwelling and which— other than a tenancy to which Part I or Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies a tenancy to which Schedule 10 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 applies, a tenancy of an agricultural holding within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 which is a tenancy in relation to which that Act applies, and a farm business tenancy within the meaning of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995..
- rent based on rateable value
has the meaning given by section 12(9) of this Act, • “rental period” means a period in respect of which a payment of rent, or in the case of a licence the equivalent of rent, falls to be made.
- rental period
means, in relation to a statutory tenancy under which no rent is payable, any period of the statutory tenancy which would be a rental period if a rent were payable under that tenancy;
- secure contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 8 of that Act).
- statutorily protected tenancy
means—
- statutory tenant by succession
means a person who is a statutory tenant by virtue of section 4(1) below and who, immediately before he became such a tenant, was a protected occupier by succession, or a person who is a statutory tenant by virtue of section 4(3) or (4) below.
- statutory tenant in his own right
means a person who is a statutory tenant by virtue of section 4(1) below and who, immediately before he became such a tenant, was a protected occupier in his own right.
- surviving partner
means surviving spouse or surviving civil partner.
- tenancy
includes sub-tenancy.”
- tenancy at a low rent
means a tenancy under which either no rent is payable or the rent payable is less than two-thirds of the rateable value which is or was the rateable value of the dwelling-house on the appropriate day for the purposes of the Rent Act 1977, • “tenant” includes statutory tenant and also includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.
- tenant
includes statutory tenant and also includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.
- the date of operation for forestry workers
means such date after the operative date as the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting jointly may appoint by order contained in a statutory instrument.
- the Minister
means the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
- the operative date
means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force.
- the relevant date
means the date of the commencement of the tenancy or, as the case may be, the original tenancy, or the expiration of the period of six months beginning with the operative date, whichever is the later.
- the standard number of hours
means 35 hours or such other number of hours as may be specified in an order made by the Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acting jointly.