Section 558: Interpretation of ss. 553 to 557.

Housing Act 1985 · 1985 c. 68View on legislation.gov.uk

Part XVI: ASSISTANCE FOR OWNERS OF DEFECTIVE HOUSING

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

"dwelling-house" has the same meaning as in Part IV (secure tenancies);
"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;
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
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;
the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—
"contract-holder" (see section 7 (see also section 48) of that Act);
"occupation contract" (see section 7 of that Act).

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