Section N1 Interpretation etcF1

In this Part—

• “activity requirement” means a requirement which the court has declared to be an activity requirement for the purposes of this Part (see section D1(4));

• “anti-social behaviour” has the meaning given by section A1(9);

• “harm” includes serious ill-treatment or abuse, whether physical or not;

• “housing provider” means—

  1. (a)

     a housing trust (within the meaning given by section 2 of the Housing Associations Act 1985) that is a charity,

  2. (b)

     a housing action trust established under section 62 of the Housing Act 1988,

  3. (c)

     in relation to England, a non-profit private registered provider of social housing,

  4. (d)

     in relation to Wales, a Welsh body registered as a social landlord under section 3 of the Housing Act 1996, or

  5. (e)

     any body (other than a local authority or a body within paragraphs (a) to (d)) that is a landlord under a secure tenancy within the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;

• “local authority” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to England, a district council, a county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

  2. (b)

     in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

• “respect order” means an order under section A1;

• “respondent” has the meaning given by section A1(1).

A person’s age is treated for the purposes of this Part as being that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.