Paragraph 1 I1

England, Wales and Scotland

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; ~~F1or~~

F2(bb)

in the case of Wales only, a holder of a secure contract (within the meaning given by section 8 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016), or an introductory standard contract (within the meaning given by section 16 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016), except where the landlord is—

(i)

a private registered provider of social housing (within the meaning given by section 80(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008);

(ii)

a registered social landlord (being a person registered in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996); or

(iii)

a private landlord (within the meaning given by section 10 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016); 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

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. 1 para. 1(b) omitted (W.) (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 25(a)
F2: Sch. 1 para. 1(bb) inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 25(b)

Commencement

I1: Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 31.1.2008, see art. 1

Footnotes

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.