{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/69",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Associations Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-associations-act-1985",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions: Part I.",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or explaining expressions used in this Part (other than provisions defining or explaining an expression used only in the same section or paragraph):—\nappropriate registrar (in relation to a society registered under the 1965 Act).\nsection 37\nassured agricultural occupancy\nsection 39\nassured tenancy\nsection 39\nbank\nsection 106\ncharge (in relation to Scotland)\nsection 106\ncharity\nsection 38(a)\ncommittee (in relation to a society registered under the 1965 Act)\nsection 37\ncompulsory disposal (in Schedule 2)\nparagraph 6 of that Schedule\nco-operative housing association\nsection 1(2)\nco-opted member (in relation to the committee of a society registered under the 1965 Act)\nsection 37\nthe Companies Act\nsection 106\n. . .\n. . .\ndissolved under the 1965 Act (in relation to a society registered under that Act)\nsection 37\ndistrict (of a local housing authority)\nsection 104(2)\ndwelling\nsection 106\neligible for registration (in relation to a housing association)\nsection 4\nexempted disposal (in Schedule 2)\nparagraph 5 of that Schedule\nfriendly society\nsection 106\nfully mutual (in relation to a housing association)\nsection 1(2)\nhostel\nsection 106\nhouse\nsection 106\nhousing activities\nsection 106\nhousing association\nsection 1(1)\n. . .\n. . .\nhousing trust\nsection 2\ninsurance company\nsection 106\nlocal housing authority\nsection 104\nmember of family\nsection 105\nmental disorder\nsection 39\nmortgage (in relation to Scotland)\nsection 106\noccupation contract\nsection 39\nthe 1965 Act\nsection 37\nregister, registered, registration and unregistered (in relation to a housing association)\nsection 3\nregistered charity\nsection 38(b)\nregistered social landlord\nsection 2B\nrelevant disposal (in Schedule 2)\nparagraph 4 of that Schedule\n. . .\n. . .\nsecure tenancy\nsection 39\nshared ownership lease\nsection 106\nshared ownership agreement (in relation to Scotland)\nsection 106\nstandard scale\nsection 39\ntrustee savings bank\nsection 106\nunregistered (in relation to a housing association)\nsection 2B",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 40 repealed (S.) (1.11.2001) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 11(4); S.S.I. 2001/336, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. II Table (subject to transitional provisions and savings in art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 40: entries repealed (E.W.) (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with art. 4(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Entries inserted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 26(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 40: definition of “the Corporation”repealed (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 4(1), Sch. 1 Pts. I, II (with art. 4(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Entry repealed by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 140(2), Sch. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 40 inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 12(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Figure substituted by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 59(2)(3)(4), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 26(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 40: entry inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 21(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Entry inserted (S.) by Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65, SIF 61), s. 25(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 40: entry inserted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 21(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/69/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:44.997710+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."
}