185.—(1) References in this Part to a secure tenancy or a secure tenant in relation to a time before 26th August 1984 are to a tenancy which would have been a secure tenancy if Chapter II of Part I of the Housing Act 1980[1980 c. 51.] and Part I of the Housing and Building Control Act 1984[1984 c. 29.] had then been in force or to a person who would then have been a secure tenant.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether a person would have been a secure tenant and his tenancy a secure tenancy—
(a)a predecessor of a local authority shall be deemed to have been such an authority, and
(b)a housing association shall be deemed to have been registered if it is or was so registered at any later time.