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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-526",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-526.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/526",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "526",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part XV",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression in the same section):—\nagricultural population\nsection 525\napplicant\nsection 515(1)\nappropriate percentage\nsection 509\ncertificate of availability for letting\nsection 464(5)\ncertificate of owner-occupation\nsection 464(3), (4)\ncertified date\nsection 499(3)\ncharity\nsection 622\ncharity trustees\nsection 525\ncommon parts (for the purposes of common parts grant)\nsection 498A(2)(b)\ncommon parts grant\nsection 460 and 498A\nco-operative housing association\nsection 5(2)\ndistrict (of a local housing authority)\nsection 2(1)\ndwelling\nsection 525\ndwelling for a disabled occupant\nsection 518\neligible expense\nsections 472, 481, 489 and ,497 and 498F\nfit for human habitation\nsection 604\nflat (for the purposes of common parts grant)\nsection 498A(2)(a)\ngeneral improvement area\nsection 253\ngrant (without more)\nsection 460(1)\nhouse in multiple occupation\nsection 525\nhousing action area\nsection 239\nhousing association\nsection 5(1)\nhousing authority\nsection 4(a)\nimprovement\nsection 518(3) and 525\nimprovement grant\nsections 460 and 467\ninitial period\nsection 499(2)\nintermediate grant\nsections 460 and 474\nlessee and let\nsection 621\nlocal housing authority\nsection 1, 2(2)\nlong tenancy\nsection 115\nmember of family\nsection 520\nowner\nsection 525\nprotected occupancy\nsection 622\nprotected tenancy\nsection 622\nreasonable repair\nsection 519\nregistered and unregistered (in relation to a housing association)\nsection 5(4)\nrelevant works\nsection 461(2)\nrepairs grant\nsections 460 and 491\nrestricted contract\nsection 622\nsecure tenancy\nsection 79\nspecial grant\nsection 460 and 483\nstandard amenity\nsection 508(1)\nstatutory tenancy\nsection 622\ntenancy and tenant\nsection 621",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 526 repealed and superseded (prosp.) by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c.42, SIF 61), ss. 101(5), 194(4), 195(2), Sch. 12 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Entries inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 15, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words substituted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 15, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Entry inserted by Housing and Planning Act 1986 (c. 63, SIF 61), s. 15, Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entry inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 131(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed and superseded",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1989/42",
      "affecting_title": "Local Government and Housing Act 1989"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/526",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}