Meaning of “private tenancy”
3.—(1) In this Order “private tenancy”–
(a)means any tenancy of a dwelling-house except–
(i)a fee farm grant, or
(ii)any of the tenancies described in paragraph (2); and
(b)includes, except where the context otherwise requires, a protected tenancy and a statutory tenancy.
(2) Those tenancies are–
(a)a tenancy for a term certain exceeding 99 years, unless that tenancy is, or may become, terminable before the end of that term by notice given to the tenant;
(b)a tenancy under which the estate of the landlord belongs to–
(i)the Crown (whether in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or in Northern Ireland);
(ii)a government department;
(iii)the Executive;
(iv)a registered housing association;
or is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department; and
(c)a tenancy the purpose of which is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy a dwelling-house for a holiday.
(3) In paragraph (2)(b)–
(a)“government department” includes a department of the government of the United Kingdom; and
(b)“registered”, in relation to a housing association, means registered in the register maintained under Part II of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 15).