Paragraph 12 F1

In this Schedule—

• “acquiring authority” means, where notice of a compulsory acquisition has been given, the person who would be authorised to make the compulsory acquisition if the order or legislation to which the notice relates were to become operative;

• “HMO” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004 (see section 77 of that Act);

• “housing association” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985;

• “managed accommodation” means supported accommodation into which a tenant has been admitted in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision, in a case in which that care, support or supervision is provided otherwise than by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord;

• “relevant date”—

  1. (a)

     in Grounds 2ZA, 2ZB and 5F, means the date of service of the notice under section 8;

  2. (b)

     otherwise, means the date specified in the notice under section 8

  but see sub-paragraph (2) where the court exercises the power conferred by section 8(1)(b);;

• “support services” in relation to a tenant in supported accommodation, means care, support or supervision—

  1. (a)

     which is provided by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord, or

  2. (b)

     which the tenant was admitted into the accommodation for the purpose of receiving;

• “supported accommodation” means a dwelling-house let—

  1. (a)

     by—

     1. (i)

        a housing association,

     2. (ii)

        a private registered provider of social housing,

     3. (iii)

        a registered charity, or

     4. (iv)

        a voluntary organisation, and

  2. (b)

     to a tenant who receives care, support or supervision provided either—

     1. (i)

        by the landlord or a person acting on behalf of the landlord, or

     2. (ii)

        by someone else, if the tenant has been admitted into the accommodation in order to meet a need for care, support or supervision.

Where the court exercises the power conferred by section 8(1)(b) (power to dispense with notice under section 8) references in this Schedule to the relevant date are to be read as references to the date on which proceedings for possession began.

For the purposes of this Schedule, each of the following constitutes giving notice of a compulsory acquisition—

In sub-paragraph (3)—

• “compulsory purchase order” means a compulsory purchase order within the meaning given by the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (see section 2 of that Act);

• “special enactment” means—

  1. (a)

     a local or private Act which authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act, or

  2. (b)

     a provision which—

     1. (i)

        is contained in an Act other than a local or private Act, and

     2. (ii)

        authorises the compulsory acquisition of land specifically identified in that Act.