In this Chapter—
"the appropriate national authority" means—
(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State, and
(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;
"assured tenancy" means a tenancy which is an assured tenancy for the purposes of the Housing Act 1988 except where—
(a)the landlord is—
(b)the tenancy is a long lease;
"contract-holder" has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act) and includes a person who proposes to be a contract-holder under an occupation contract because the occupation contract has come to an end;
"dwelling-house" may be a house or part of a house;
"fully mutual housing association" has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (see section 1(1) and (2) of that Act);
"landlord" includes a person who proposes to be a landlord under a tenancy or an occupation contract and a person who has ceased to be a landlord under a tenancy or an occupation contract because the tenancy has come to an end;
"long lease" means a lease which—
(a)in relation to England— is a long lease for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c. 28), orin the case of a shared ownership lease (within the meaning given by section 7(7) of that Act), would be a lease within sub-paragraph (a)(i) of this definition if the tenant's total share (within the meaning given by that section) were 100%;
(b)in relation to Wales, falls within the definition of "long tenancy" given by paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1).
"occupation contract" has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 7 of that Act) except where—the landlord is—a private registered provider of social housing,a registered social landlord, ora fully mutual housing association, orthe tenancy is a long lease;
"registered social landlord" means a body registered as a social landlord under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996;
"tenant" includes a person who proposes to be a tenant under a tenancy and a person who has ceased to be a tenant under a tenancy because the tenancy has come to an end.
In this Chapter "local authority" means—
References in this Chapter to a tenancy or occupation contract include a proposed tenancy or occupation contract and a tenancy or occupation contract that has come to an end.
References in this Chapter to anything which is payable, or which a person is liable to pay, to a letting agent include anything that the letting agent claims a person is liable to pay, regardless of whether the person is in fact liable to pay it.
Regulations under this Chapter are to be made by statutory instrument.
A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 87(11) is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
A statutory instrument containing (whether alone or with other provision) regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 87(12) is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the National Assembly for Wales.
A statutory instrument containing regulations made by the Secretary of State under this Chapter other than one to which subsection (6) applies is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
A statutory instrument containing regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under this Chapter other than one to which subsection (7) applies is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
Regulations under this Chapter—
Regulations under this Chapter may include incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision.