PreliminaryE+W+S
1E+W+SIn this Schedule—
“the local authority” means the local authority within the meaning of the M1Housing Act 1985, or the local authority within the meaning of the M2Housing (Scotland) Act 1987, in whose area the dwelling-house is situated;
“the occupier” means the person who immediately before the deterioration in the condition of the dwelling-house was entitled to possession of it;
“the period of dispossession” means the period during which the requirements of section 23(2) of this Act are satisfied;
“rent” includes any mortgage interest, interest on a heritable security, service charges or water charges payable in respect of a dwelling-house and any community charges payable in respect of periods of residence in, or periods of having an interest in, a dwelling-house;
“resident” means any person ordinarily resident in the dwelling-house during the period immediately preceding the deterioration in its condition.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 1 wholly in force at 30. 11. 1991 see s. 54(2) and S.I. 1991/2508, art. 2
Marginal Citations