In this Chapter—
"document" includes information recorded in any form;
"give"— in relation to a notice to an occupier of premises, includes delivering or leaving it at the premises or sending it there by post, and "given", in relation to such a notice, is to be read accordingly; in relation to a notice to a person referred to in section 126(1)(c)(ii), includes delivering or leaving it at the address supplied by the person or sending it to that address by post, and "given", in relation to such a notice, is to be read accordingly;
"occupier", in relation to premises, means any person an officer of a local housing authority reasonably suspects to be an occupier of the premises;
"premises" includes any stall, vehicle, vessel or aircraft;
"relevant person": see section 114(2);
"the rented accommodation legislation": see section 115(3).
References in this Chapter to an officer—
References in this Chapter to the functions of a local housing authority by virtue of particular legislation include references to any function of the authority of investigating whether an offence has been committed under that legislation.
A duty or power to process information that is imposed or conferred by, or by virtue of, this Chapter does not operate to authorise the processing of information which would contravene—
In subsection (4) "the data protection legislation" has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).