Regulation 2 General interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “the Act” means the Housing Act 1988;

• “added dwelling-house” means a dwelling-house which is included in the property to which the acquisition relates and which the landlord desired to have included in the acquisition by virtue of section 98(1) (d);

• “applicant” means a person who has made an application claiming to exercise the right conferred by Part IV of the Act;

• “business tenancy” means a tenancy to which Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954^f1 applies;

• “consultation period” has the meaning given by regulation 14;

• “landlord” means a public sector landlord to whom an application has been made to exercise the right conferred by Part IV of the Act;

• “relevant date”, in relation to an added dwelling-house, means the date of the service of the section 98(1) notice but, subject to that, has the meaning given by section 93(5);

• “section 98(1) notice” means the notice served under section 98(1);

• “statutory successor” means a person who succeeds on the death of a secure tenant in accordance with sections 87 to 90 of the 1985 Act;

• “teller” has the meaning given by regulation 16(2);

• “the time of acquisition” means the time of completion of the grant or lease (as the case may be).

References in these Regulations to sections by number are references to sections bearing those numbers in the Act.