PART II PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION

Supplementary provisions

56 Minor definitions.

F1(1)

In this Part—

F2“CCA” means a combined county authority established under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023;

F2“combined authority” means a combined authority established under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009;

F2“constituent council” means—

(a)

in relation to a combined authority—

  1. (i)

    a county council the whole or any part of whose area is within the area of the authority, or

  2. (ii)

    a district council whose area is within the area of the authority;

(b)

in relation to a CCA—

  1. (i)

    a county council for an area within the area of the authority, or

  2. (ii)

    a unitary district council for an area within the area of the authority;

and here “unitary district council” means the council for a district for which there is no county council;

“house” includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the house or usually enjoyed with it;

“housing accommodation” includes flats, lodging-houses and hostels, and “house” shall be similarly construed;

F3“introductory tenancy” has the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996;

“lodging-houses” means houses not occupied as separate dwellings;

F4“mayoral CCA” has the same meaning as in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (see section 57 of that Act);

F4“mayoral combined authority” has the same meaning as in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (see section 120 of that Act);

“member of family” in relation to a person, has the same meaning as in Part V (the right to buy);

F5“non-mayoral CCA” has the same meaning as in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (see section 57 of that Act);

F5“non-mayoral combined authority” has the same meaning as in the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (see section 120 of that Act);

“owner”, in relation to premises—

  1. (a)

    means a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple in the premises, whether in possession or in reversion, and

  2. (b)

    includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the premises under a lease of which the unexpired term exceeds three years.

F6“social housing” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.

F7“two-tier county council that is a strategic authority” means a county council whose area includes the areas of district councils that is designated as a single foundation strategic authority under section 3 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.

F8(1A)

In this Part, the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)—

(a)

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

(b)

“dwelling” (see section 246 of that Act);

(c)

“introductory standard contract” (see section 16 of that Act);

(d)

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

(e)

“secure contract” (see section 8 of that Act);

(f)

“standard contract” (see section 8 of that Act);

(g)

“supported standard contract” (see section 143 of that Act).

F9(2)

For the purposes of this Part, something is within the remit of the Regulator of Social Housing if it is related to or affects the provision of social housing by a local housing authority, or county council, in England.