{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-purchase-and-housing-act-1959/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-purchase-and-housing-act-1959/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/33",
  "legislation_title": "House Purchase and Housing Act 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/house-purchase-and-housing-act-1959",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“the Act of 1950” means the Housing (Scotland) Act 1950;\n“the Act of 1958” means the Housing (Financial Provisions) Act 1958;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“the Minister” means the Secretary of State or, as respects Scotland, the Secretary of State;\n“permanent building society” means a society incorporated under the Building Societies Act 1962, which is a permanent society within the meaning of that Act;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment is a reference thereto as amended by any subsequent enactment including, except where the context otherwise requires, this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “controlled tenancy” repealed by Rent Act 1977 (c. 42), Sch. 25 and expressed to be repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition of “improvement grant” (a) repealed by Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 31), Sch. 10 and Housing Act 1969 (c. 33), Sch. 10 (b) residue spent and also expressed to be repealed, including unrepealed residue which was spent, by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681, arts. 2(1), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30), s. 17(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definitions of “standard amenities” and “standard grant” (a) repealed by Housing Act 1969 (c. 33), Sch. 10 (b) residue spent"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Definition of “the valuation officer” repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Ss. 29(2)(3), 30, 31(3), 32(3) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VI"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1950 c. 34."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1958 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1962 c. 37."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/7-8/33/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:05.878136+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}