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—
(a)is imposed in respect of conduct that amounts to an offence, but
(b)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"— and "let" is to be read accordingly;
(a)includes the grant of a licence, but
(b)except in Chapter 4, does not include the grant of a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years,
"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—
(a)any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or
(b)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"—
(a)includes a licence, but
(b)except in Chapter 4, does not include a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years.