- accountable person
has the meaning given in section 115 of the Building Safety Act 2022;
- address
means a person’s place of abode or place of business or, in the case of a company, its registered office;
- 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;
- associated documents
means accounts, receipts or other documents which provide evidence of payment of any premiums due under a relevant policy in respect of the period of insurance which is current when the notice is served or the period of insurance immediately preceding that period.
- assured tenancy
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988;
- Building safety measure
means any of the following—
- building safety measures
has the meaning given by section 30D;
- building safety purpose
means the purpose of supporting the landlord in complying with its duties under Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 or under regulations made under that Part;
- co-operative housing association
has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985;
- common parts
has the meaning given by section 60(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;
- costs
includes overheads, and
- dwelling
means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;
- dwelling-house
means that building or part of a building;
- enforcement action
means action taken with a view to, or in connection with— (a) securing compliance with Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 or regulations made under that Part, or (b) the imposition of a sanction in respect of a contravention of that Part or those regulations;
- excluded costs
means any of the following incurred in connection with Part 4 of the Building Safety Act 2022 or regulations made under that Part—
- existing tenant
means a person who is when, or immediately before, the new lease is granted, the lessee under another lease of the dwelling-house;
- former tenant is still in possession
means a person who—
- higher-risk building
has the meaning given in section 115 of that Act;
- house
includes—
- housing association
has the same meaning as in the Housing Associations Act 1985;
- landlord
includes any person who has a right to enforce payment of a service charge;
- lease of a dwelling-house
means a lease by which a building or part of a building is let wholly or mainly as a private residence and “dwelling-house” means that building or part of a building;
- lessee
means the person for the time being entitled to the term of a lease;
- lessor
means the person for the time being entitled to the reversion expectant on a lease.
- local authority
means a district, county county borough or London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly and in sections 14(4), 26(1) and 28(6) includes... the Broads Authority, a police and crime commissioner, the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime,...... a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985 an economic prosperity board established under section 88 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009, a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act, a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, 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
has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 1985;
- local rent assessment committee panel
means the persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor under the Rent Act 1977 to the panel of persons to act as members of a rent assessment committee for the registration area in Wales in which the dwellings let to the qualifying tenants are situated, and for the purposes of this section a number of tenants are qualifying tenants if each of them may be required under the terms of his lease to contribute to the same costs by the payment of a service charge..
- low cost home ownership accommodation
has the meaning given in section 70 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
- new letting
includes any grant of a tenancy, whether or not the premises were previously let, and any grant of a licence;
- new town corporation
means— (a) a development corporation established by an order made, or treated as made, under the New Towns Act 1981, (b) 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, (ba) the Greater London Authority so far as exercising its new towns and urban development functions, or (c) the Welsh Ministers so far as exercising functions in relation to anything transferred (or to be transferred) to them as mentioned in section 36(1)(a)(i) to (iii) of the New Towns Act 1981;
- non-litigation costs
means costs incurred, or to be incurred, other than in connection with proceedings before a court or tribunal;
- occupation contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 7 of that Act).
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- prescribed hazard
means any matter or circumstance amounting to a hazard for the time being prescribed in regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Housing Act 2004.
- prescribed requirement
means a requirement prescribed in regulations under subsection (3);
- protected tenancy
has the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1977;
- qualifying long term agreement
means (subject to subsection (3)) an agreement entered into, by or on behalf of the landlord or a superior landlord, for a term of more than twelve months.
- qualifying tenant
means a tenant who, under the terms of the lease, is required to contribute to the same costs as another tenant by the payment of a service charge.
- qualifying works
means works on a building or any other premises, and • “qualifying long term agreement” means (subject to subsection (3)) an agreement entered into, by or on behalf of the landlord or a superior landlord, for a term of more than twelve months.
- registered social landlord
has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 (see section 5(4) and (5) of that Act);
- regulations
means regulations under section 20D.
- relevant claim
means— (a) a claim under Part 1 of the 1967 Act (enfranchisement and extension of leases of houses);
- relevant person
means— (a) where the landlord under the lease is an accountable person for the higher-risk building, the landlord or a special measures manager for the higher-risk building;
- relevant policy
includes a policy of insurance under which the dwelling was insured for the period of insurance immediately preceding that current when the notice is served (being, in the case of a flat, a policy covering the building containing it), and • “associated documents” means accounts, receipts or other documents which provide evidence of payment of any premiums due under a relevant policy in respect of the period of insurance which is current when the notice is served or the period of insurance immediately preceding that period.
- relevant qualifying tenant
means— (a) a person who is a qualifying tenant of a dwelling in England and a member of the relevant tenants' association, or (b) a person who is a qualifying tenant of a dwelling in England by virtue of being required to contribute to the same costs as a qualifying tenant who is a member of the relevant tenants' association;
- relevant social housing tenancy
has the meaning given in section 132 of the Land Registration Act 2002;
- remediation costs
means costs incurred or to be incurred in carrying out the remediation works;
- rent
includes a sum payable under a licence, but does not include a sum attributable to rates or council tax or, in the case of dwellings of local authorities National Park authority or new town corporations, to the use of furniture, or the provision of services;
- repairing covenant
means a covenant to repair, maintain, renew, construct or replace any property.
- restricted contract
has the same meaning as in the Rent Act 1977;
- secure tenancy
has the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;
- service charge
has the meaning given by section 18;
- services
includes, in relation to a dwelling in a higher-risk building (as defined by section 30I), building safety measures within the meaning of section 30D;
- 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-house or of the cost of providing it, or (b) under which the lessee (or the lessee's personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of the dwelling-house.
- social housing
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (see sections 68 and 72 of that Act).
- special measures manager
has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to the Building Safety Act 2022;
- special measures order
has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 to that Act.
- special measures order proceedings
means any proceedings relating to the making, variation or discharge of, or the giving of directions in relation to, a special measures order under Schedule 7 to the Building Safety Act 2022 (including any appeals in relation to such proceedings).
- tenancy
includes a statutory tenancy, and
- tenant
includes
- the 1967 Act
means the Leasehold Reform Act 1967;
- the 1993 Act
means the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993;
- the 2002 Act
means the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002;
- the commencement date
means the date on which the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 comes into force;
- the consultation requirements
means requirements prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
- the data protection legislation
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);
- the regulator
has the meaning given by section 115 of the Building Safety Act 2022;
- the relevant period
means the period beginning with the date of the assignment and ending with the date when— whichever happens first.
- third party
means a person other than a tenant.
- urban development corporation
has the same meaning as in Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.
- works
includes alterations, improvements and installations.