{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-117",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-117.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/117",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "117",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part IV",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression in the same section or paragraph):—\nassured tenancy\nsection 622\ncemetery\nsection 622\ncharity\nsection 622\ncommon parts (in relation to a dwelling-house let under a tenancy)\nsection 116\nconsent (in Schedule 3A)\nparagraph 2(3) of that Schedule\nco-operative housing association\nsection 5(2)\n. . .\n. . .\ncontract-holder\nsection 116\ndevelopment corporation\nsection 4(c)\ndwelling-house\nsection 112\nfamily (member of)\nsection 113\nflexible tenancy\nsection 107A\nhousing association\nsection 5(1)\nhousing authority\nsection 4(a)\nhousing purposes\nsection 116\nhousing trust\nsection 6\nimprovement\nsection 97(2)\nintroductory tenancy\nsection 115A\nlandlord (in Part V of Schedule 2)\nparagraph 5 of that Part\nlandlord authority\nsection 114\nlocal authority\nsection 4(e)\nlocal housing authority\nsection 1, 2(2)\nlong tenancy\nsection 115\nmanagement agreement and manager\nsections 27(2)and 27B(4)\nnew town corporation\nsection 4(b)\nprohibited conduct standard contract\nsection 116\nqualified to succeed (on the death of a secure tenant)\nsection 87\nregistered social landlord\nsection 5(4) and (5)\nthe Relevant Authority\nsection 6A\nrental period\nsection 116\nsecure contract\nsection 116\nsecure tenancy\nsection 79\nterm (in relation to a secure tenancy)\nsection 116\nurban development corporation\nsection 4(d)\nvariation (of the terms of a secure tenancy)\nsection 102(2)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 163(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 27; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 140, 152, Sch. 16 para. 11(a), Sch. 18 Pt. VI (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 117 inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 11(18) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 2, 11, 12, 19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 155(5), 240(2); S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(a) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 inserted (4.2.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 141(1), Sch. 14 para. 4; S.I. 1997/66, art. 2 (subject to savings in Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 inserted (prosp.) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), ss. 24(2), 57(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Entry in s. 117 inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 11(b) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/22",
      "affecting_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/22",
      "affecting_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2016/22",
      "affecting_title": "Housing and Planning Act 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1986/63",
      "affecting_title": "Housing and Planning Act 1986"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+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."
}