# Housing Act 1985, Section 558: Interpretation of ss. 553 to 557.


(1) In sections 553 to 557 (effect of repurchase on occupier)—
(a) “dwelling-house” has the same meaning as in Part IV (secure tenancies);
(b) “occupier”, in relation to a dwelling-house, means a person who occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home or (in the case of a statutory tenant) as his residence;
(c) references to the grant of a secure tenancy are to the grant of a tenancy which would be a secure tenancy assuming that the tenant under the tenancy occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home
(d) references to the grant of a secure contract are to the grant of an occupation contract which would be a secure contract (within the meaning given by section 8 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1)) assuming that the contract-holder under the contract occupies the dwelling as their only or principal home;
(e) the following terms have the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016—
(i) “contract-holder” (see section 7 (see also section 48) of that Act);
(ii) “occupation contract” (see section 7 of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/558 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-558
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