approved surveyormeans— (a) a fellow or professional associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers, or (b) a person who satisfies such other requirement or requirements as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 13(7) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, who is reasonably believed by the former tenant to have ability in, and experience of, the valuation of dwellings of the particular kind, and in the particular area, in question;
flathas the same meaning as in section 183 of the 1985 Act;
former tenantmeans the person to whom the relevant lease was granted, or a person who has succeeded to the lessee’s interest by virtue of a disposal of a description falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) of section 160 of the 1985 Act;
lending institutionmeans an institution which is an approved lending institution for the purposes of section 156 of the 1985 Act;
relevant leasemeans a lease of a flat granted by the authority pursuant to Part V of the 1985 Act, or with a consent given by the Secretary of State to local authorities generally under section 32 or 43 of that Act with the benefit of a discount of 44 per cent. or more of the market value of the lease as determined for the purposes of that disposal.”
the 1985 Actmeans the Housing Act 1985;