http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/section/262/madeHousing Act 2004Land searchesDemolition (buildings)King's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-08-04 Part 7Supplementary and final provisionsOther general interpretation provisionsMeaning of “lease”, “tenancy”, “occupier” and “owner” etc. 262 1 In this Act “lease” and “tenancy” have the same meaning. 2 Both expressions include— a a sub-lease or sub-tenancy; and b an agreement for a lease or tenancy (or sub-lease or sub-tenancy). And see sections 108 and 117 and paragraphs 3 and 11 of Schedule 7 (which also extend the meaning of references to leases). 3 The expressions “lessor” and “lessee” and “landlord” and “tenant” and references to letting, to the grant of a lease or to covenants or terms, are to be construed accordingly. 4 In this Act “lessee” includes a statutory tenant of the premises; and references to a lease or to a person to whom premises are let are to be construed accordingly. 5 In this Act any reference to a person who is a tenant under a lease with an unexpired term of 3 years or less includes a statutory tenant as well as a tenant under a yearly or other periodic tenancy. 6 In this Act “occupier”, in relation to premises, means a person who— a occupies the premises as a residence, and b (subject to the context) so occupies them whether as a tenant or other person having an estate or interest in the premises or as a licensee; and related expressions are to be construed accordingly. This subsection does not apply for the purposes of Part 5 and has effect subject to any other provision defining “occupier” for any purposes of this Act. 7 In this Act “owner”, in relation to premises— a means a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple of the premises whether in possession or in reversion; and 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 3 years. 8 In this Act “person having an estate or interest”, in relation to premises, includes a statutory tenant of the premises. 9 In this Act “licence”, in the context of a licence to occupy premises— a includes a licence which is not granted for a consideration, but b excludes a licence granted as a temporary expedient to a person who entered the premises as a trespasser (whether or not, before the grant of the licence, another licence to occupy those or other premises had been granted to him); and related expressions are to be construed accordingly. And see sections 108 and 117 and paragraphs 3 and 11 of Schedule 7 (which also extend the meaning of references to licences).