Paragraph 24

In relation to England and Wales, householder means a person who is—

(a)

a freeholder;

(b)

in the case of England only, a leaseholder with a term of 21 years or more unexpired at the time the specified reduction is promoted; or

(c)

a tenant, including a sub-tenant, who has—

(i)

a protected occupancy or statutory tenancy under the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976^f1;

(ii)

a statutory tenancy under the Rent Act 1977^f2;

(iii)

a secure tenancy under Part IV of the Housing Act 1985^f3 or an introductory tenancy under Chapter I of Part V of the Housing Act 1996^f4;

(iv)

a licence to occupy which meets the conditions in paragraph 12(a) and (b) Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985^f5 (almshouse licences); or

(v)

an assured agricultural occupancy under Part I of the Housing Act 1988^f6, at the time the action is promoted to him.

Annotations

f1: 1976 c.80; sections 2 and 3 make provision for protected occupancy and section 4 for statutory tenancy. Section 3 has been amended by section 76(3) of the Housing Act 1980 (c.51) and section 81 of and Schedule 8 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), section 4 by those provisions and section 155 and paragraph 72 of Schedule 23 to the Rent Act 1977 (c.42) and sections 39 and 140 of and Schedule 4 (Part II) and Schedule 18 to the Housing Act 1988 (c.50). Section 5 was last amended by sections 128 and 137 of and Schedule 6 to the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16). There are other amendments to the 1976 Act not relevant to these Regulations.
f2: 1977 c.42, as last amended by paragraph 94 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4).
f3: 1985 c.68.
f4: 1996 c.52, as last amended by paragraphs 256 to 258 of Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.
f5: Paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1985 was amended by section 78(1) of and paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to the Charities Act 1992 (c.41).
f6: 1988 c.50.