- agricultural holding
means any agricultural holding within the meaning of the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 held under a tenancy in relation to which that Act applies, and • “farm business tenancy”, and “holding” in relation to such a tenancy, have the same meaning as in the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995.
- agricultural land
has the meaning set out in section 26(3)(a) of the General Rate Act 1967 (exclusion of agricultural land and premises from liability for rating).
- appropriate tribunal
means— (a) in relation to a dwelling in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;
- billing authority
has the same meaning as in that Part of that Act, and
- category of dwellings
has the same meaning as in section 30(1) and (2) of that Act.
- contractual period
means a rental period of a regulated tenancy which is a period beginning before the expiry or termination of the protected tenancy;
- contractual rent limit
has the meaning assigned to it by section 44(3) of this Act;
- converted tenancy
means a tenancy which has become a regulated tenancy by virtue of any of the enactments mentioned in section 18A of this Act. • “the conversion” means the time when the tenancy became a regulated tenancy.
- 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.
- dwelling
means a house or part of a house;
- 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.
- flat
means a dwelling-house which—
- furniture
includes fittings and other articles;
- grant
includes continuance and renewal.
- hereditament
means a dwelling within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992,
- housing association
has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985
- housing association tenancy
means a tenancy to which this Part of this Act applies.
- housing authority
means a local housing authority within the meaning of the Housing Act 1985.
- housing trust
means a corporation or body of persons which—
- improvement
includes structural alteration, extension or addition and the provision of additional fixtures or fittings, but does not include anything done by way of decoration or repair;
- 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 VII of this Act would be, entitled to possession of the dwelling-house;
- legal mortgage
includes a charge by way of legal mortgage.
- lessee
means the person to whom is granted, under a restricted contract, the right to occupy the dwelling in question as a residence and any person directly or indirectly deriving title from the grantee;
- lessor
means the person who, under a restricted contract, grants to another the right to occupy the dwelling in question as a residence and any person directly or indirectly deriving title from the grantor;
- let
includes “sublet”;
- 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 tenancy of a dwelling-house.
- local authority
means the council of a district (or, in a county in England in which there are no districts having a district council, the council of the county) or the council of a London borough or the Common Council of the City of London or, in Wales, the council of a county or county borough.
- 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;
- notice to end the contract
means a notice under section 163 or 168 of that Act.
- premium
has the same meaning as in Part IX of this Act, and “sum in the nature of a premium” means—
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations under section 74 of this Act, and references to a prescribed form include references to a form substantially to the same effect as the prescribed form.
- protected tenancy
includes a protected occupancy under the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;
- rates
includes water rates and charges but does not include an owner’s drainage rate as defined in section 63(2)(a) of the Land Drainage Act 1976;
- recoverable rent
means rent which, under a regulated tenancy, is or was for the time being recoverable, having regard to the provisions of this Part of this Act;
- register
means the register kept... in pursuance of section 79 or 79A of this Act;
- rent agreement
means—
- rent agreement with a tenant having security of tenure
has the meaning assigned to it by section 51 of this Act;
- rent tribunal
has the meaning given by section 76(1) of this Act;
- rental period
means a period in respect of which a payment of rent falls to be made;
- secure contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 8 of that Act);
- services
includes attendance, the provision of heating or lighting, the supply of hot water and any other privilege or facility connected with the occupancy of a dwelling, other than a privilege or facility requisite for the purposes of access, cold water supply or sanitary accommodation.
- specified
means specified, or of a class specified, for the purposes of this section by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.
- statutorily protected tenancy
means—
- statutory period
means any rental period of a regulated tenancy which is not a contractual period.
- statutory tenancy
includes a statutory tenancy under that Act.
- succession
means the occasion on which a person becomes the statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by virtue of this Part of this Schedule and “successor” shall be construed accordingly.
- sum in the nature of a premium
means—
- tenancy
includes “sub-tenancy”;
- tenancy at a low rent
has the meaning assigned to it by section 5 of this Act.
- tenant
includes statutory tenant and also includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant;
- the 1972 Act
means the Housing Finance Act 1972 and “the 1974 Act” means the Housing Act 1974.
- the 1974 Act
means the Housing Act 1974.
- the Act of 1920
means the Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act 1920;
- the appropriate day
has the meaning assigned to it by section 25(3) of this Act;
- the constituent authorities
means the local authorities whose areas make up the amalgamated area.
- the conversion
means the time when the tenancy became a regulated tenancy.
- the dwelling
means the aggregate of the premises comprised in the statutory tenancy of the outgoing tenant.
- the limit
means the limit in paragraph 2 above.
- the local housing authority
has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985.
- the operative date
means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force.
- the previous terms
means the terms of the tenancy (to which paragraph 1 above applies) as at 22nd March 1973, and “the limit” means the limit in paragraph 2 above.
- the relelvant tenancy
means—
- the Rent Acts
means the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts 1920 to 1939.
- the rent officer
means–