{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/section-150",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/section-150.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/51",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980",
  "path": "section/150",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "150",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“protected tenant” and “statutory tenant” have the same meanings as in the 1977 Act;\n“secure tenant” means the tenant under a secure tenancy and “secure tenancy” has the meaning given by section 28;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“the 1977 Act” means the Rent Act 1977.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definitions repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition (inserted by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), s. 64, Sch. 11 para. 29) repealed by Housing (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 71, SIF 61), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1977 c. 42."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/51/section/150",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:10.882788+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."
}