PART XVI ASSISTANCE FOR OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE HOUSING

Effect of repurchase on occupier

558 Interpretation of ss. 553 to 557.

(1)

In sections 553 to 557 (effect of repurchase on occupier)—

(a)

“dwelling-house” has the same meaning as in Part IV (secure tenancies);

(b)

“occupier”, in relation to a dwelling-house, means a person who occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home or (in the case of a statutory tenant) as his residence;

(c)

references to the grant of a secure tenancy are to the grant of a tenancy which would be a secure tenancy assuming that the tenant under the tenancy occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home

F1(d)

references to the grant of a secure contract are to the grant of an occupation contract which would be a secure contract (within the meaning given by section 8 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)) assuming that the contract-holder under the contract occupies the dwelling as their only or principal home;

(e)

the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—

(i)

“contract-holder” (see section 7 (see also section 48) of that Act);

(ii)

“occupation contract” (see section 7 of that Act).