- a family intervention tenancy
means, subject to sub-paragraph (4), a tenancy granted by a local housing authority in respect of a dwelling-house—
- a review notice
has the meaning given by subsection (2);
- abuse
means— (a) physical or sexual abuse;
- agreement
includes arrangement;
- 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 population
means— and for this purpose “ agriculture ” includes dairy-farming and poultry-farming and the use of land as grazing, meadow or pasture land, or orchard or osier land or woodland, or for market gardens or nursery grounds;
- agriculture
includes dairy-farming and poultry-farming and the use of land as grazing, meadow or pasture land, or orchard or osier land or woodland, or for market gardens or nursery grounds;
- almshouse
means any premises maintained as an almshouse, whether they are called an almshouse or not;
- amount of compensation for the disposal
means the amount that would have been the proper amount of compensation for the disposal (having regard to any relevant determination of the Upper Tribunal) or, if greater, the amount paid as the consideration for the disposal, and
- apparatus
means sewers, drains, culverts, water-courses, mains, pipes, valves, tubes, cables, wires, tranformers and other apparatus laid down or used for or in connection with the carrying, conveying or supplying to any premises of a supply of water, water for hydraulic power, gas or electricity, and standards and brackets carrying street lamps;
- appropriate national authority
means— (a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
- appropriate person
means— (a) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;
- appropriate tribunal
means—
- arbitrator
means a member of a panel approved for the purposes of the regulations by the Secretary of State;
- associated arrangement
means an arrangement which is entered into in connection with the execution of the work required to reinstate a defective dwelling and is likely to contribute towards the dwelling being regarded as an acceptable security by a lending institution.
- assured agricultural occupancy
has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988;
- assured tenancy
has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988;
- authorised deposit taker
means— (a) a person who has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to accept deposits,...
- authorised insurer
means— (a) a person who has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of insurance,...
- authorised mortgage lender
means— (a) a person who has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to enter into a regulated mortgage contract as lender, (b)................................
- authority possessing compulsory purchase powers
has the same meaning as a in the Land Compensation Act 1961.
- behaviour support agreement
means an agreement in writing about behaviour and the provision of support services made between the new tenant and the local housing authority concerned (or between persons who include those persons);
- behaviour support services
means relevant support services to be provided by any person to— (a) the new tenant;
- building regulations
means— (a) building regulations made under Part I of the Building Act 1984, (b)................................
- caravan
has the meaning given by section 29 of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960;
- CCA
means a combined county authority established under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
- cemetery
has the same meaning as in section 214 of the Local Government Act 1972;
- charity trustees
has the same meaning as in the the Charities Act 2011;
- co-operative housing association
means a fully mutual housing association which is a registered society within the meaning of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
- combined authority
means a combined authority established under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;
- combined county authority
means a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;
- common lodging house
means a house (other than a public assistance institution) provided for the purpose of accommodating by night poor persons, not being members of the same family, who resort to it and are allowed to occupy one common room for the purpose of sleeping or eating, and includes, where part only of a house is so used, the part so used.
- compulsory acquisition function
means the function of acquiring land compulsorily under an authorisation under section 17(3).
- compulsory disposal
means a disposal of property which is acquired compulsorily, or is acquired by a person who has made or would have made, or for whom another person has made or would have made, a compulsory purchase order authorising its compulsory purchase for the purposes for which it is acquired.
- consideration for the disposal
means the amount before any reduction required by section 158(3) (reduction corresponding to amount of discount repayable or amount payable for outstanding share under shared ownership lease) or any provision to the like effect, and
- constituent council
means— (a) in relation to a combined authority— (a) a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the authority, or (b) a district council whose area is within the area of the authority;
- contract of employment
means a contract of service or apprenticeship, whether express or implied and (if express) whether oral or in writing.
- contract-holder
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act);
- costs
includes overheads, and
- defect-free value
means the amount that would have been the proper amount of compensation for the disposal if none of the defective dwellings to which the designation in question related had been affected by the qualifying defect;
- demotion order
means a demotion order under section 82A;
- designated course
means a course of any kind designated by regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this paragraph;
- development
has the meaning given by section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (general definition of development for purposes of that Act).
- development corporation
means a development corporation established by an order made, or having effect as if made, under the New Towns Act 1981;
- disposal
means a disposal of any interest in the land (including the grant of an option), and
- district
means district of a local housing authority;
- domestic abuse
means abuse carried out by a person who is personally connected to the victim of the abuse (within the meaning of section 2 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021);
- dwelling
means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be ocupied as a separate dwelling, together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;
- dwelling-house
has the same meaning as in Part IV (secure tenancies);
- economic prosperity board
means an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of that Act;
- educational establishment
means a university or institution which provides higher education or further education (or both);
- environmental works
means any works other than works to the interior of housing accommodation.
- family intervention tenancy
has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (3);
- final demolition notice
means a final demolition notice served under paragraph 13 of Schedule 5;
- former National Assembly for Wales
means the Assembly constituted by the Government of Wales Act 1998;
- former public sector housing
means housing accommodation in which such an authority, or a predecessor of such an authority or an authority abolished by the Local Government Act 1985 formerly had such an interest.
- friendly society
means a friendly society, or a branch of a friendly society, registered under the Friendly Societies Act 1974 or earlier legislation;
- furniture
includes fittings and other articles.
- general rate fund
means— (a) in relation to the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the general fund of that council;
- Ground 2 or 2ZA possession order
means an order for possession under Ground 2 or Ground 2ZA in Schedule 2;
- health
includes mental health;
- heating authority
means a housing authority or housing action trust who operate a heating installation and supply to premises heat produced at the installation;
- heating charge
means an amount payable to a heating authority in respect of heat produced at a heating installation and supplied to premises, including in the case of heat supplied to premises let by the authority such an amount payable as part of the rent;
- heating costs
means expenses incurred by a heating authority in operating a heating installation.
- heating installation
means a generating station or other installation for producing heat;
- HMO
means house in multiple occupation.
- hostel
means a building in which is provided, for persons generally or for a class or classes of persons— (a) residential accommodation otherwise than in separate and self-contained sets of premises, and (b) either board or facilities for the preparation of food adequate to the needs of those persons, or both;
- house
includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;
- house in multiple occupation
has the meaning given by sections 254 to 259 of the Housing Act 2004 for the purposes of that Act (other than Part 1).
- houseboat
means a boat or similar structure designed or adapted for use as a place to live.
- housing accommodation
includes—
- housing action trust
means a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988;
- housing association
means a society, body of trustees or company—
- housing authority
means a local housing authority or a new town corporation;
- housing co-operative
means a society, company or body of trustees with which a housing co-operative agreement was made, that is to say—
- housing purposes
means the purposes for which dwelling-houses are held by local housing authorities under Part II (provision of housing) or purposes corresponding to those purposes.
- housing subsidies
means any subsidies payable under— (a) section 140A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (subsidy);
- housing trust
means a corporation or body of persons which—
- improvement
means any alteration in, or addition to, a dwelling-house, and includes—
- improvement contribution
has the same meaning as in Part 5 (see section 187);
- incumbrances
includes personal liabilities attaching in respect of the ownership of land or an interest in land though not charged on the land or interest;
- independent valuer
means an independent valuer appointed in pursuance of provisions in that behalf contained in the conveyance or grant;
- initial demolition notice
has the meaning given by paragraph 1 of Schedule 5A (initial demolition notices).
- introductory tenancy
has the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996;
- landlord authority
means— • a local housing authority, • a private registered provider of social housing other than a co-operative housing association, • a registered social landlord other than a co-operative housing association, • a housing trust, or which is a charity, • a development corporation, • a Mayoral development corporation, • a housing action trust, or • an urban development corporation,... •... other than an authority in respect of which an exemption certificate has been issued.
- large scale disposal
means a disposal of one or more dwelling-houses by a local authority to a person where— (a) the number of dwelling-houses included in the disposal;
- lending institution
means— • an authorised deposit taker, or • an authorised insurer.
- Lessee
includes a statutory tenant of the premises, and references to a lease or to a person to whom premises are let shall be construed accordingly.
- listed building
means a building included in a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest under section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 or section 76 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023.
- local authority
means a county, county borough, district or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, in sections 43, 44 and 232 includes the Broads Authority, in sections 438, 441, 442, 443 and 458 includes the Broads Authority, a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board, a combined authority, a combined county authority, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004...and the London Fire Commissioner, and in sections 45(2)(b), 50(2), 51(6), 80(1), 157(1), 171(2),..., 573(1), paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1, grounds 7 and 12 in Schedule 2, ground 5 in Schedule 3, paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 4, paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 5 and Schedule 16 includes... the Broads Authority, a police and crime commissioner Act 1996,............, a joint authority established by Part 4 of the Local Government Act 1985, an economic prosperity board, a combined authority, a fire and rescue authority created by an order under section 4A of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004,... and the London Fire Commissioner;
- local housing authority
means a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London a Welsh county council or county borough councilor the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
- lodging-houses
means houses not occupied as separate dwellings;
- long lease
means a lease for a term of years certain exceeding 21 years other than a lease which is terminable before the end of that term by notice given by or to the landlord;
- long tenancy
means— (a) a long tenancy within the meaning of part IV, (b) a tenancy falling within paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Tenants’ Rights, Etc.
- management agreement
means an agreement under subsection (1) or a sub-agreement, and
- mayoral CCA
has the same meaning as in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (see section 57 of that Act);
- mayoral combined authority
has the same meaning as in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (see section 120 of that Act);
- mental disorder
has the same meaning as in the Mental Health Act 1983
- new resident
means a person who was not living in the premises immediately before the notice was served.
- new town corporation
means a development corporation or the new towns residuary body;
- new towns residuary body
means—
- non-mayoral CCA
has the same meaning as in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (see section 57 of that Act);
- non-mayoral combined authority
has the same meaning as in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (see section 120 of that Act);
- occupation contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 7 of that Act).
- operative Ground 2 or 2ZA possession order
means an order made under Ground 2 or Ground 2ZA in Schedule 2 which requires possession of the dwelling-house to be given up on a date specified in the order;”;
- operative section 84A possession order
means an order under section 84A which requires possession of the dwelling-house to be given up on a date specified in the order;
- ownership
means such interest, or combination of interests, in a house as, together with the interest of the purchaser of the ownership, will constitute either—
- payee
means the person entitled to enforce payment of the charge, and
- payer
means the person liable to pay it.
- Person having an estate or interest
includes a statutory tenant of the premises.
- Person having control
means the person who receives the rack-rent of the premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee of another person, or who would so receive it if the premises were let at a rack-rent (and for this purpose a “rack-rent” means a rent which is not less than 2/3rds of the full net annual value of the premises).
- pre-emption provision
means a covenant imposing a condition of the kind mentioned in section 33(2)(b) or (c) (right of pre-emption or prohibition of assignment), the limitation specified in section 157(4) (restriction on disposal of dwellings in National Parks, etc.), or any other provision to the like effect.
- premises
means premises of any description;
- prescribed
means prescribed by order of the Secretary of State.
- prescribed state of affairs
means such state of affairs as may be specified or described in an order made by the Secretary of State.
- previous discount
means a discount given before the relevant time—
- private sector landlord
means a person other than an authority or body within section 80 (the landlord condition for secure tenancies).
- protected tenancy
has the same meaning as in Rent Act 1977;
- protection period
has the meaning given by paragraph 4(2);
- public sector authority
means— • a local authority (or a predecessor of a local authority), • a joint board of which every constituent member is, or is appointed by, a local authority (or a predecessor of a local authority), • a National Park authority (or a predecessor of such an authority), •... •... • a Welsh planning board, • the Natural Resources Body for Wales, • the National Rivers Authority • the Relevant Authority, a non-profit registered provider of social housing other than a co-operative housing association (or a predecessor housing association of such a provider), • a registered social landlord other than a co-operative housing association (or a predecessor housing association of such a landlord), • a new town corporation, •... • the British Coal Corporation, the Coal Authority, or • the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, • or a body corporate or housing association specified by order of the Secretary of State in accordance with the following provisions.
- public sector housing
means housing accommodation in which an authority or body within section 80 (the landlord condition for secure tenancies) or subsection (2A) has an interest by virtue of which it receives a rack-rent, or would do so if the premises were let at a rack-rent;
- public sector tenant
means a tenant under a public sector tenancy.
- publish
means publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the district of the local housing authority concerned.
- purchaser
means the person acquiring the interest disposed of by the first disposal.
- qualifying disposal
means a disposal in relation to which this section applies, and
- qualifying maximum
means the qualifying maximum defined in section 367(5) of that Act (limit on relief for interest on certain loans);
- qualifying person
means qualifying partner or a qualifying resident.
- qualifying tenancy
means a tenancy of a dwelling-house in England which is— (a) a secure tenancy other than a flexible tenancy, or (b) an assured tenancy— (i) (ii) which is granted by a private registered provider of social housing, by the Regulator of Social Housing or by a housing trust which is a charity.
- qualifying work
means the work stated in the notice of determination, or in a notice under section 544 (notice of change of work required), to be the work which in the opinion of the local housing authority is required to reinstate the dwelling.
- rack-rent
means a rent which is not less than 2/3rds of the full net annual value of the premises).
- rates
includes charges in respect of any services provided by a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker in the course of the carrying out of its functions.
- receiving authority
means the council of a receiving district within the meaning of the Town Development Act 1952.
- redevelopment
means the demolition or reconstruction of buildings or the carrying out of other works to buildings or land;
- registered
means registered under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 or the Companies Act 2006;
- registered charity
means a charity which is registered in accordance with section 30 of the Charities Act 2011....
- registered social landlord
has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1996.
- regular armed forces of the Crown
means the regular forces as defined by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006;
- relevant amount
means the amount which at the relevant time was for the time being declared by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section;
- relevant authority
means a local housing authority or social services authority;
- relevant death
means the death of a person who immediately before his death was the person or, as the case may be, the last remaining person entitled to an interest to which this paragraph applies.
- relevant function
means a management function of the authority exercisable by the manager under a management agreement.
- relevant housing provider
means— (a) in relation to England, a private registered provider of social housing;
- relevant matters
means matters relating to the grant....
- relevant policy
means a policy insuring the secure tenant against the risk of fire, tempest or flood or any other risk against which it is normal practice to insure.
- relevant possession order
means— (a) a possession order under section 84 that is made on ground 2, 2ZA or 2A of Part 1 of Schedule 2, or (b) a possession order under section 84A;
- relevant proceedings
means proceedings for contempt of court or proceedings under Schedule 2 to the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;
- relevant prohibition order
means a prohibition order under section 20 or 21 of the Housing Act 2004 which imposes in relation to the whole of any premises a prohibition on their use for all purposes other than any purpose approved by the authority.
- relevant support services
means support services of a kind identified in a behaviour support agreement and designed to meet such needs of the recipient as are identified in the agreement.
- relevant time
means the time of the service of the landlord’s notice under section 146 (landlord’s notice admitting or denying right);
- relevant year
means any period of twelve months beginning with an anniversary of the date of such publication.
- rent
means rent payable under the secure tenancy, but excluding any element which is expressed to be payable for services, repairs, maintenance or insurance or the landlord’s costs of management.
- rental period
means a period in respect of which a payment of rent falls to be made.
- rentcharge
has the same meaning as in the Rentcharges Act 1977;
- repairs
includes works for making good a structural defect.
- residential building
has the same meaning as in section 289....
- residential buildings
means buildings which are dwellings or houses in multiple occupation or contain one or more flats.
- respect order
means an order under section A1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014;
- restricted contract
has the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1977;
- scheme
includes arrangements of any description.
- section 247 or 249 arrangement
has the meaning given by section 250A(6) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
- section 84A possession order
means an order for possession under section 84A;
- secure contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act);
- self-build society
means a housing association whose object is to provide, for sale to, or occupation by, its members, dwellings built or improved principally with the use of its members’ own labour.
- serious offence
means an offence which— (a) was committed on or after the day on which subsection (3) comes into force, (b) is specified, or falls within a description specified, in Schedule 2A at the time the offence was committed and at the time the court is considering the matter, and (c) is not an offence that is triable only summarily by virtue of section 22 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (either-way offences where value involved is small).
- service charge
has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c. 70).
- shared ownership lease
means a lease— (a) granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the dwelling or of the cost of providing it, or (b) under which the tenant (or his personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling;
- social housing
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008. • “two-tier county council that is a strategic authority” means a county council whose area includes the areas of district councils that is designated as a single foundation strategic authority under section 3 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.
- social services authority
means a local authority for the purposes of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, that is to say, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc.
- statutory provision
means any provision made by or under an Act.
- statutory tenant
means a statutory tenancy or statutory tenant within the meaning of the Rent Act 1977 or the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;
- statutory undertakers
means persons authorised by an enactment, or by an order, rule or regulation made under an enactment, to construct, work or carry on a railway, canal, inland navigation, dock, harbour, tramway, gas,...,... or other public undertaking;
- street
includes any court, alley, passage, square or row of houses, whether a thoroughfare or not;
- sub-agreement
means an agreement made by a manager and another person pursuant to a provision included in an agreement by virtue of subsection (5)(a);
- subsidiary
has the meaning given bysection 1159 of the Companies Act 2006;
- suspension order
means a suspension order under section 121A.
- tenancy from the Crown
means a tenancy of land in which there is a Crown interest superior to the tenancy, and “Crown interest” and “appropriate authority” mean respectively—
- tenant group
means a body or other person which satisfies such conditions as may be determined by or under the regulations.
- tenant management organisation
means a body which satisfies such conditions as may be determined by or under the regulations.
- the agreement
means the agreement entered into in pursuance of Parts I and II of this Schedule, and— • “the authority” means the authority acquiring an interest in a defective dwelling under the agreement;
- the appropriate authority
means— (a) in relation to a local housing authority in England which is a registered provider of social housing, the Regulator of Social Housing;
- the appropriate Minister
means— (a) in relation to a local housing authority in England, the Secretary of State;
- the appropriate percentage
means 50 per cent. or such other percentage as may be prescribed.
- the appropriate person
means—
- the appropriate time
means—
- the appropriate tribunal...
means—
- the authority
means the authority acquiring an interest in a defective dwelling under the agreement;
- the conveyance
means the conveyance executed under the agreement;
- the corresponding Northern Ireland provisions
means— • “the corresponding Scottish provisions”, in relation to sections 445 to 449 (assistance for first-time buyers), means sections 222 to 228 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;
- the cut-off date
means the date by which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1)(a) became generally known.
- the discount repayment period
means the period of three or five years that applies for the purposes of section 155(2) or (3) (depending on whether the tenant’s notice under section 122 was given before or on or after the date of the coming into force of section 185 of the Housing Act 2004).
- the improving tenant
means—
- the interest acquired
means the interest in the dwelling concerned of which the vendor disposes under the agreement;
- the interest to be acquired
means the interest of the person entitled to assistance by way of repurchase, so far as subsisting in—
- the new tenant
has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (3)(a);
- the prescribed conditions
means such conditions as are prescribed by regulations under this section at the time when the conveyance or grant is made.
- the purchase price
means the price which the agreement requires the authority to pay for the interest acquired;
- the qualifying defect
means what, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, is wrong with the buildings in that class, and
- the reinstatement work
means the work stated in the previous notice or in a notice under section 544 (change of work required).
- the Relevant Authority
means the Regulator of Social Housing, the Secretary of State or Scottish Homes, subject as follows.
- the relevant date
means the date of the refusal or, as the case may be, the expiry of that period.