{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-458",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-458.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/458",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "458",
  "heading": "Minor definitions.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“the corresponding Northern Ireland provisions” means—\n(a) in relation to section 442 (local authority agreements to indemnify mortgagees), Article 156 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;\n(b) in relation to sections 445 to 449 (assistance for first-time buyers), Part IX of that Order;\n“the corresponding Scottish provisions”, in relation to sections 445 to 449 (assistance for first-time buyers), means sections 222 to 228 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“ housing authority ” includes (subject to subsections (1A) and (2) and sections 450A(6), 450B(4) and 450D(10)) any local authority, an urban development corporation, a Mayoral development corporation, the Homes and Communities Agency, the Greater London Authority, the Relevant Authority , a private registered provider of social housing and a registered social landlord ;\n“long lease” means a lease creating a long tenancy within the meaning of section 115.\n“ service charge ” has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (c. 70).\n(1A) A profit-making registered provider of social housing is a housing authority for the purposes of this Part only in relation to social housing within the meaning of Part 2 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.\n(2) In section 444 “ housing authority ” does not include the Secretary of State unless the interest in the house is or was acquired on a disposal by him under section 90 of the Housing Associations Act 1985; and in section 452 “ housing authority ” does not include the Secretary of State unless the disposal was under that section 90.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 458 renumbered as s. 458(1) (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 18(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in definition \"the corresponding Scottish provisions\" in s. 458(1) substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), ss. 335, 339(2), Sch. 23 para. 30(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definition in s. 458(1) repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 37; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2) (with restriction in Sch. para. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)(a) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) inserted (15.1.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(1)(l), Sch. 22 para. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3002), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 24 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) inserted (1.4.2012) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), s. 240(2), Sch. 19 para. 19; S.I. 2012/628, art. 6(i) (with arts. 9, 11, 14, 15, 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 5 (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)(b) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in definition \"housing authority\" in s. 458(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 458(1): definition \"service charges\" inserted (30.9.2003 for E. and 30.3.2004 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, ss. 150, 181(1), Sch. 9 para. 4; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(i) (subject to Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "S. 458(1A) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 33(3) (with art. 6, Sch. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "S. 458(2) inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 18(3) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/156 (N.I. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1985 c. 69."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/458",
    "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."
}