{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-623",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-623.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/623",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "623",
  "heading": "Minor definitions: Part XVIII",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“dwelling-house” . . . shall be construed in accordance with subsection (2);\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“owner”, in relation to premises—\n(a)means a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the fee simple absolute in the premises, whether in possession or in reversion, and\n(b)includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the premises under a lease of which the unexpired term exceeds three years.\n(2) For the purposes of this Part, “dwelling-house” includes any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it and section 183 shall have effect to determine whether a dwelling-house is a flat.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definitions substituted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(e), Sch. 9 Pt. V para. 90(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 623: words in \"section 623(1)\" repealed (6.4.2006 for E. and 16.6.2006 for W.) by virtue of Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 266, 270(4)(5), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(e)(v) (with Sch.); S. I. 2006/1535, art. 2(c)(v) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 623: definitions in \"section 623(1)\" repealed (6.4.2006 for E. and 16.6.2006 for W.) by virtue of Housing Act 2004 (c. 34), ss. 266, 270(4)(5), Sch. 16; S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(v)(e) (with Sch.); S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(c)(v) (with Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 623(2) inserted by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(e), Sch. 9 Pt. V para. 90(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/623",
    "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."
  }
}