{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-400",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-400.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/400",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "400",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part XI.",
  "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):—\nappropriate multiplier\nSchedule 13, paragraph 13\nassured tenancy\nsection 622\nassured agricultural occupancy\nsection 622\ncontrol order\nsection 379(1)\ncontrol provisions\nsection 347(1)\ndispossessed proprietor\nsection 399\ndistrict (of a local housing authority)\nsection 2(1)\ndistrict valuer\nsection 622\nexpenditure incurred (in respect of a house subject to a control order)\nsection 385(3) and Schedule 13, paragraph 2(3)\nfinal determination (in relation to an appeal)\nsection 399\nflat in multiple occupation\nsection 354\ngross value\nSchedule 13, paragraphs 8 to 12\nhouse\nsection 399\nhouse in multiple occupation\nsection 345\nlessee (and “lease” and “let”)\nsections 398 and 621\nlocal housing authority\nsection 1, 2(2)\nmanagement code\nsection 369\nmanagement scheme\nsection 386\noccupancy direction (in connection with special control provisions)\nsection 348D\novercrowding notice\nsection 358(1)\nowner\nsection 398(3)\nperson having control\nsection 398(5)\nperson having an estate or interest\nsection 398(4)\nperson managing\nsections 369(4), 372(5) and 398(6)\nregistration scheme\nsection 346\nrelevant management failure (for purposes of sections 348B to 348E)\nsection 348F\nthe Rent Acts\nsection 622\nrents or other payments\nSchedule 13, paragraph 2(2)\nspecial control provisions\nsection 348B\nstandard scale (in reference to the maximum fine on summary conviction)\nsection 622\nstatutory tenant\nsection 622\nsurpluses on revenue account as settled by the scheme (in Schedule 13)\nSchedule 13, paragraph 2(1)\ntenant\nsection 621",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entries inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. I para. 53"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entry inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 69"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Entry in s. 400 inserted (3.3.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 67(2) (with s. 70); S.I. 1997/350, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Entry in s. 400 inserted (3.3.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 67(2) (with s. 70); S.I. 1997/350, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entry in s. 400 inserted (3.3.1997) by 1996 c. 52, s. 67(2) (with s. 70); S.I. 1997/350, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/400",
    "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."
}