Part 7

Supplementary and final provisions

Other general interpretation provisions

Meaning of “person having control” and “person managing” etc.
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1
In this Act “person having control”, in relation to premises, means (unless the context otherwise requires) the person who receives the rack-rent of the premises (whether on his own account or as agent or trustee of another person), or who would so receive it if the premises were let at a rack-rent.
2
In subsection (1) “rack-rent” means a rent which is not less than two-thirds of the full net annual value of the premises.
3
In this Act “person managing” means, in relation to premises, the person who, being an owner or lessee of the premises—
a
receives (whether directly or through an agent or trustee) rents or other payments from—
i
in the case of a house in multiple occupation, persons who are in occupation as tenants or licensees of parts of the premises; and
ii
in the case of a house to which Part 3 applies (see section 79(2)), persons who are in occupation as tenants or licensees of parts of the premises, or of the whole of the premises; or
b
would so receive those rents or other payments but for having entered into an arrangement (whether in pursuance of a court order or otherwise) with another person who is not an owner or lessee of the premises by virtue of which that other person receives the rents or other payments;
and includes, where those rents or other payments are received through another person as agent or trustee, that other person.
4
In its application to Part 1, subsection (3) has effect with the omission of paragraph (a)(ii).
5
References in this Act to any person involved in the management of a house in multiple occupation or a house to which Part 3 applies (see section 79(2)) include references to the person managing it.