PART 2

Rogue landlords and property agents in England
CHAPTER 6

Interpretation of Part 2

General interpretation of Part
56
In this Part—
- “banning order” has the meaning given by section 14;
- “banning order offence” has the meaning given by section 14;
- “body corporate” includes a body incorporated outside England and Wales;
- “database” means the database of rogue landlords and letting agents established under section 28;
- “English letting agency work” has the meaning given by section 54;
- “English property management work” has the meaning given by section 55;
- “financial penalty” means a penalty that—
  1. is imposed in respect of conduct that amounts to an offence, but
  2. is imposed otherwise than following the person's conviction for the offence;
- “housing” means a building, or part of a building, occupied or intended to be occupied as a dwelling or as more than one dwelling;
- “letting”—
  1. includes the grant of a licence, but
  2. except in Chapter 4, does not include the grant of a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years,
and “let” is to be read accordingly;
- “letting agency work” has the meaning given by section 54;
- “letting agent” has the meaning given by section 54;
- “local housing authority” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 1985;
- “officer”, in relation to a body corporate, means—
  1. any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
  2. any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity;
- “property agent” means a letting agent or property manager;
- “property manager” has the meaning given by section 55;
- “residential landlord” means a landlord of housing;
- “tenancy”—
  1. includes a licence, but
  2. except in Chapter 4, does not include a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years.
S. 56 in force at 6.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/281, reg. 4(e)