{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-459",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-459.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/459",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "459",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part XIV.",
  "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):—\nbank\nsection 622\nbuilding society\nsection 622\nco-operative housing association\nsection 5(2)\n. . .\n. . .\ncorresponding Northern Ireland provisions\nsection 458\ncorresponding Scottish provisions\nsection 458\ndevelopment corporation\nsection 4(1)(c)\n. . .\n. . .\ndistrict valuer\nsection 622\nfirst time purchaser\nsection 449(2)(d)\nfit for human habitation\nsection 604\nfriendly society\nsection 622\nhouse\nsection 457\nhouse property\nsection 457\nhousing association\nsection 5(1)\nhousing authority\nsections 4(a) and 458\n. . .\n. . .\ninsurance company\nsection 622\nlocal authority\nsection 4(e)\nlong lease\nsections 115 and 458\nnew town corporation\nsection 4(b)\nownership and proprietor (in relation to an advance under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts)\nparagraphs 9(2) and (3) of Schedule 18\n. . .\n. . .\nrecognised lending institution\nsection 447\nrecognised savings institution\nsection 448\nregistered social landlord\nsection 5(4) and (5)\nthe Relevant Authority\nsection 6A\nresidence (in relation to an advance under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts)\nparagraph 9(1) of Schedule 18\nservice charge\nsection 458\nstatutory conditions (in relation to an advance under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts)\nparagraph 2 of Schedule 18\ntrustee savings bank\nsection 622\nurban development corporation\nsection 4(d)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Entry inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(1), Sch. 17 Pt. I para. 58"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entry in s. 459 repealed (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, ss. 140, 152, Sch. 16 para. 19(a), Sch. 18 Pt. IV (with ss. 137(1), 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 459: entry in table inserted (1.12.2008) by The Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/3068), art. 4, Sch. 1 para. 25 (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2008/3068, arts. 1(2), 2(1)(b) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Entry repealed by Building Societies Act 1986 (c. 53, SIF 16), ss. 54(3)(a)(5), 120(2), Sch. 19 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entries in s. 459 inserted (17.8.1992) by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 24(2), Sch. 5 Pt. II para. 38; S.I. 1992/1753, art. 2(2) (with restriction in Sch. para. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Entry in s. 459 repealed (24.9.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 227, 232(2), Sch. 19 Pt. XIV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Entry repealed by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 194(4), Sch. 12 Pt. II Note 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Entry in s. 459 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 14(26)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Entry in s. 459 inserted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 19(b) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1, 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 459: words in entry relating to \"service charge\" substituted (30.9.2003 for E. and 30.3.2004 for W.) by 2002 c. 15, ss. 150, 181(1), Sch. 9 para. 5; S.I.2003/1986, art. 2(c)(i) (subject to Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/459",
    "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."
}