# Housing Act 1985, Section 185: Meaning of “secure tenancy” and “secure tenant”.

Extent: E+W

(1) References in this Part to a secure tenancy or a secure tenant in relation to a time before 26th August 1984 are to a tenancy which would have been a secure tenancy if Chapter II of Part I of the Housing Act 1980 and Part I of the Housing and Building Control Act 1984 had then been in force or to a person who would then have been a secure tenant.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether a person would have been a secure tenant and his tenancy a secure tenancy—
(a) a predecessor of a local authority shall be deemed to have been such an authority, and
(b) a housing association shall be deemed to have been registered if it is or was a private registered provider of social housing orregistered social landlord at any later time.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/185 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-185
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