{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-188",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-188.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/188",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "188",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part V",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used in the same section or paragraph):—\n. . .\n. . .\nbank\nsection 622\nbuilding society\nsection 622\ncemetery\nsection 622\ncharity\nsection 662\ncompulsory disposal\nsection 161\nco-operative housing association\nsection 5(2)\n. . .\n. . .\ndisposal and instrument effecting disposal (in Schedule 9A)\nparagraph 10 of Schedule\n[district valuer]\n[section 622 ]\ndwelling-house\nsections 183 and 184\n. . .\n. . .\nexempted disposal\nsection 160\nfamily (member of)\nsection 186\n[final payment]\n[paragraph 1 of Schedule 6A]\nflat\nsection 183\nformer landlord and former secure tenant (in relation to a qualifying disposal)\nsection 171A(2)(c)\nfriendly society\nsection 622\n. . .\n. . .\nhouse\nsection 183\nhousing association\nsection 5(1)\nhousing trust\nsection 6\nimprovement\nsection 187\nimprovement contribution\nsection 187\nincumbrances\nparagraph 7 of Schedule 6\n[initial payment and interim payment]\n[section 143B and paragraph 6 of Schedule 6A]\n. . .\n. . .\ninsurance company\nsection 622\n[landlord’s share]\n[section 148 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 6A ]\nlease\nsection 621\nlocal authority\nsection 4(e)\nlocal housing authority\nsection 1, 2(2)\nlong tenancy (and long lease)\nsection 187\n[minimum initial payment and maximum initial payment]\n[section 143B ]\nnew town corporation\nsection 4(b)\n. . .\n. . .\n[prescribed]\n[section 614]\npreserved right to buy\nsection 171A(2)(a)\npublic sector tenancy (and public sector tenant)\nparagraphs 6 to 10 of Schedule 4\npurchase price\nsection 126\nqualifying disposal (in relation to the preserved right to buy)\nsection 171A(2)(b)\nqualifying dwelling-house and qualifying person (in relation to the preserved right to buy)\nsection 171B(1)\nreference period (for purposes of s. 125A or 125B)\nsection 125C\nregistered social landlord\nsection 5(4) and (5)\nregular armed forces of the Crown\nsection 622\nthe Relevant Authority\nsection 6A\nrelevant disposal\nsection 159 (and see section 452(3))\nrelevant time\nsection 122(2)\n. . .\n. . .\n[right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms]\n[section 143]\nright to buy\nsection 118(1)\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\nsecure tenancy and secure tenant\nsections 79 and 185\nservice charge\nsection 621A\ntenant’s incumbrance\nparagraph 7 of Schedule 6\n. . .\n. . .\ntrustee savings bank\nsection 622\nurban development corporation\nsection 4(d)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entries in s. 188 repealed (11.10.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 187(2), Sch. 22; S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 4(b), Sch. 2 (with saving in Sch. 1 para. 4(1))."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entry repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 140, 152, Sch. 16 para. 14(a), Sch. 18 Pt. VI (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Entries in s. 188 inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 31; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Entries in s. 188 inserted (11.10.1993) by 1993 c. 28, s. 187(1), Sch. 21 para. 25; S.I. 1993/2134, arts. 2, 4(b) (with saving in Sch. 1 para. 4(1))."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entry in s. 188 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Entry in s. 188 inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 14(b) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/188",
    "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."
}