PART 1REGULATION OF PRIVATE RENTED HOUSING

General

49Interpretation of this Part and index of defined terms

(1)

In this Part—

“domestic tenancy” (“tenantiaeth ddomestig”) has the meaning given by section 2;

“dwelling” (“annedd”) has the meaning given by section 2;

“fully mutual housing association” (“cymdeithas dai cwbl gydfuddiannol”) has the meaning given by section 1(2) of the Housing Association Act 1985;

“landlord” (“landlord”) has the meaning given by section 2;

“lettings work” (“gwaith gosod”) has the meaning given by section 10;

“licensing authority” (“awdurdod trwyddedu”) means a person designated by order under section 3;

“periodical payments” (“taliadau cyfnodol”) means payments by way of rent or service charge;

“prescribed” (“rhagnodedig”) means prescribed in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers;

“property management work” (“gwaith rheoli eiddo”) has the meaning given by section 12;

“registered social landlord” (“landlord cymdeithasol cofrestredig”) means a social landlord registered under Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996;

“rental property” (“eiddo ar rent”) has the meaning given by section 2.

(2)

In this Part, a reference to assignment of an interest to a landlord—

(a)

includes any conveyance other than a mortgage or charge, and

(b)

if trustees constitute the landlord, does not include a change in the persons who are for the time being the trustees of the trust.

(3)

In this Part—

(a)

any reference to an application for a licence includes a reference to an application for renewal of a licence, and

(b)

any reference to the grant of a licence by a licensing authority includes a reference to renewal of a licence;

and related expressions are to be construed accordingly.