- a family intervention tenancy
means, subject to sub-paragraph (4), a tenancy granted by a private registered provider of social housing or a registered social landlord (“ the landlord ”) in respect of a dwelling-house—
- accommodation
includes neither an area used for storage nor a staircase, passage, corridor or other means of access;
- acquiring authority
means, where notice of a compulsory acquisition has been given, the person who would be authorised to make the compulsory acquisition if the order or legislation to which the notice relates were to become operative;
- 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 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).
- agriculture
has the same meaning as in the 1976 Act;
- appropriate tribunal
means— (a) in relation to a dwelling-house in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;
- 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”
- behaviour support agreement
means an agreement in writing about behaviour and the provision of support services made between the new tenant, the landlord and the local housing authority for the district in which the dwelling-house which is to be subject to the new tenancy is situated (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;
- billing authority
has the same meaning as in that Part of that Act, and
- block of flats
means a building containing two or more flats;
- burial ground
includes any churchyard, cemetery or other ground, whether consecrated or not, which has at any time been set apart for the purposes of interment, and “monument” includes a tombstone or other memorial.
- category of dwellings
has the same meaning as in section 30(1) and (2) of that Act.
- chief finance officer
has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
- commencement date
has the meaning given by section 146(3) of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025;
- 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.
- compulsory purchase order
means a compulsory purchase order within the meaning given by the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (see section 2 of that Act);
- controlled activity
means an activity that would (if subsection (4) did not apply) be prohibited by section 16E(2) or (3);
- conveyance
means the instrument by which the grant is effected;
- 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.
- document
has the same meaning as in Part I of the Civil Evidence Act 1968.
- dwelling-house
has the meaning assigned by section 112 of that Act;
- enactment
includes any instrument made under any enactment.
- excepted tenancy
means— (a) an assured tenancy of social housing (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008) if the landlord is a private registered provider of social housing;
- exempt disposal
means—
- family intervention tenancy
has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (3);
- final notice
has the meaning given by paragraph 6 of Schedule 2ZA.
- fixed term tenancy
means any tenancy other than a periodic tenancy;
- flat
means a dwelling-house which—
- fully mutual housing association
has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Associations Act 1985;
- general determination
means a determination under section 52 above, other than a determination relating solely to a particular case.
- general development order
has the meaning given in section 56(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other expressions have the same meaning as in that Act.
- hereditament
means a dwelling within the meaning of Part I of the Local Government Finance Act 1992,
- HMO
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 77 of that Act);
- house
includes a reference to a flat and to any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or flat or usually enjoyed with it;
- housing accommodation
includes flats, lodging-houses and hostels;
- housing action trust
means a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988” “h a housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988”
- housing association
has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985;
- housing association tenancy
means a tenancy to which Part VI of the Rent Act 1977 applies;
- housing management code of practice
means a code of practice approved by the Secretary of State under section 233 of the Housing Act 2004 (codes relating to the management of HMOs or excepted accommodation);
- in relation to the private rented sector
means enforcement functions relating to—
- initial 28 day period
means the period of 28 days beginning with the first day of the first rent period;
- initial rent
means rent that is payable for— (a) the first rent period, or (b) any later rent period which ends during the initial 28 day period;
- introductory tenancy
has the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996 and “introductory tenant” shall be construed accordingly;
- land
has the meaning given by the Interpretation Act 1978.
- landlord
includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original landlord and also includes, in relation to a dwelling-house, any person other than a tenant who is, or but for the existence of an assured tenancy would be, entitled to possession of the dwelling-house;
- legal representative
means a person carrying on a legal activity, within the meaning of the Legal Services Act 2007, in the course of a business, where the person— (a) is an authorised person in relation to a reserved legal activity for the purposes of that Act, or (b) is of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the Secretary of State;
- let
includes “sub-let”;
- letting
includes—
- lettings agency work
means things done by a person in the course of a business in response to instructions received from—
- living accommodation
means accommodation of such a nature that the fact that it constitutes or is included in the shared accommodation is sufficient, apart from this section, to prevent the tenancy from constituting an assured tenancy of a dwelling-house.
- local authority
means any of the following—
- local authority housing
means housing accommodation provided by a local housing authority (whether in its own district or not);
- local housing authority
means a district council, a county council in England for an area for which there is no district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London (in its capacity as a local authority) or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
- long tenancy
has the meaning given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016.
- managed accommodation
means supported accommodation into which a tenant has been admitted in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision, in a case in which that care, support or supervision is provided otherwise than by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord;
- monument
includes a tombstone or other memorial.
- new rights
means rights which are not in existence when the order specifying them is made;
- new towns residuary body
means—
- occupier
means, in relation to a tenancy, the tenant and, in relation to a licence, the licensee;
- opted-out tenancy
means a tenancy that, but for this section, would be an assured agricultural occupancy.
- permitted pre-tenancy period
means the period that— (a) begins when the tenancy is entered into, and (b) ends with the day before the first day of the tenancy;
- pet
means an animal kept by a person mainly for— (a) personal interest, (b) companionship, (c) ornamental purposes, or (d) any combination of paragraphs (a) to (c);
- premium
includes—
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument;
- Private landlord
means a landlord who is not within section 80(1) of the Housing Act 1985.
- private sector landlord
means a landlord other than one of those set out in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iv) and (viii) and (ix) of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 61;
- property
includes chattels of any description and rights and liabilities, whether arising by contract or otherwise.
- protected occupancy
has the same meaning as in the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976.
- protected shorthold tenancy
includes a tenancy which, in proceedings for possession under Case 19 in Schedule 15 to the Rent Act 1977, is treated as a protected shorthold tenancy.
- protected tenancy
has the same meaning as in that Act;
- public body
means any local authority” there shall be inserted “housing action trust established under Part III of the Housing Act 1988”.
- public sector landlord
has the meaning given by section 93(2) above;
- purported notice of possession
means any written document which is not in accordance with section 8 but which (however expressed)— (a) purports to be a notice under section 8, or (b) purports to bring an assured tenancy to an end or to require that it is brought to an end (by reference to a ground in Schedule 2 or otherwise), and is not a claim form or a document produced pursuant to proceedings in the court for possession of the dwelling-house;
- purpose-built block of flats
has the same meaning as in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988;
- qualifying tenant
means a person who (within the meaning of Ground 7B) is not disqualified as a result of the person's immigration status from occupying the dwelling-house under the tenancy.
- 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;
- registered social landlord
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996;
- regular rent day
has the meaning given in subsection (6)(b);
- regulated home purchase plan
has the same meaning that it has from time to time in regulation 63F(3)(a) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544).
- relevant housing association
means— (a) a housing association which is a registered provider of social housing (“an English relevant housing association”), and (b) a housing association which is a registered social landlord (“a Welsh relevant housing association”).
- relevant low-cost tenancy
means—
- relevant penalty
means a financial penalty which is imposed under section 16I or 16K where—
- relevant period
means any period within which anything is required by this Part to be done by either of the parties, that is to say, the applicant and the landlord.
- relevant social landlord
means— (a) a private registered provider of social housing, (b) a body registered as a social landlord in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996, (c) a body registered as a social landlord in the register kept under section 20(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, or (d) a housing trust, within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985, which is a charity;
- 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 tenancies
means tenancies in relation to which an application under section 14(A3) is made on or after the date on which the regulations under subsection (6) come into force.
- relevant tenancy or licence
means a tenancy or licence of a description specified in section 24(2) of this Act.
- rent
has the same meaning as in Part V of the Rent Act 1977.
- rent period
means a period for which rent is payable.
- rental period
means a period in respect of which a payment of rent falls to be made.
- residential premises
has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 2004 except that it does not include social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
- right to buy provisions
means the provisions of this Act relating to the right of a tenant of a house to purchase it under this Part and to his rights in respect of a loan.”
- secure contract
has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 8 of that Act);
- secure tenancy
has the meaning assigned by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;
- secure tenant
means a tenant under a secure tenancy;
- shared ownership lease
means a lease— (a) granted on payment of a premium calculated by reference to a percentage of the value of the premises demised by the lease or of the cost of providing them, or (b) under which the tenant (or the tenant’s personal representatives) will or may be entitled to a sum calculated by reference, directly or indirectly, to the value of those premises.
- sibling
includes a sibling of the half-blood and a step-sibling.
- social housing
has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
- special enactment
means— (a) a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act, or (b) a provision which— (a) is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, and (b) authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act.
- specified
means specified, or of a class specified, for the purposes of this paragraph by regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.
- statutory periodic tenancy
has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988”
- statutory undertakers
means— and “statutory undertaking” shall be construed accordingly.
- student landlord
means an institution or body of persons specified, or of a class specified, for the purposes of this paragraph (see sub-paragraph (2));
- substitute rent day
means the day determined in accordance with subsection (4) or (5).
- supported accommodation
means a dwelling-house let— (a) by— (a) a housing association, (b) a private registered provider of social housing, (c) a registered charity, or (d) a voluntary organisation, and (b) to a tenant who receives care, support or supervision provided either— (a) by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord, or (b) by someone else, if the tenant has been admitted into the accommodation in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision.
- surviving partner
means widow, widower or surviving civil partner;
- tenancy
means a tenancy under which a dwelling-house is let as a separate dwelling;
- tenant
includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.
- the 1976 Act
means the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;
- the 1977 Act
means the Protection from Eviction Act 1977.
- the 1985 Act
means the Housing Associations Act 1985;
- the 1990 Act
means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- the appropriate amount in respect of rates
has the meaning given by section 14ZA(6);
- the appropriate authority
means—
- the appropriate percentage
means 50 per cent. or such other percentage as may be prescribed.”
- the appropriate time
means—
- the Corporation
means the Housing Corporation or Housing for Wales but— • “qualifying tenant” shall be construed in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) of section 93 above;
- the Corporations
means the Housing Corporation and Housing for Wales”
- the discount repayment period
means the period of 3 years that applies for the purposes of paragraph 1(2) or the period of five years that applies for the purposes of paragraph 1(3)(depending on whether an offer such as is mentioned in section 203(4) of the Housing Act 2004 was made before or on or after the coming into force of that section).
- the dwelling-house
means the dwelling-house which is let under the tenancy or, as the case may be, is occupied under the licence.
- the effective date
means a date for the time being specified in subsection (3)(b) as the date from which the rent payable takes effect;
- the landlord in default
has the same meaning as in section 27 above and subsection (9) of that section applies in relation to this section as it applies in relation to that.
- the new tenant
has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (3)(a);
- the occupier
means the tenant or licensee;
- the open-market rent
means the amount of rent determined by the appropriate tribunal on the application, in accordance with section 14(1);
- the operative date
means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force.”
- the prescribed conditions
means such conditions as are prescribed by regulations under this section at the time when the conveyance, grant or assignment is made.
- the principal section
means section 76 of this Act.
- the proposed rent
means the amount of rent specified in the notice under section 13(2) or 13A(2), excluding the appropriate amount in respect of rates (if any);
- the relevant Corporation
means,— a if the land is in England, the Housing Corporation;
- the relevant date
has the meaning given by section 93(5) above;
- the relevant highway authority
means any authority which is a highway authority in relation to the right of way proposed to be extinguished by the order under this paragraph.
- the restricted period
means—
- the tenancy rent
means the rent payable under the tenancy immediately before the determination is made, excluding the appropriate amount in respect of rates (if any).
- the transferor authority
means the local housing authority or other local authority from whom local authority housing or other land or property is or is to be transferred by the order.
- transfer order
means an order under any of subsections (1) to (3) of section 74 above and, in relation to a transfer order, “the transferor authority” means the local housing authority or other local authority from whom local authority housing or other land or property is or is to be transferred by the order.
- transferred property
means property which is the subject of a grant under section 104(1)(a) of this Act;
- transferred tenant
means a tenant of it assistance to who either—
- wholly-owned subsidiary
has the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.