Regulation 3 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1994 Regulations” means the Housing (Right to Manage) Regulations 1994;

• “acceptance date” means the date on which a tenant management organisation receives the notice under regulation 11(2)(a) that an authority has accepted its proposal notice;

• “approved assessor” means a person approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of assessing the competence of tenant management organisations under regulation 14(1);

• “approved assessor service” means a person designated by the Secretary of State to appoint an approved assessor on the application of a tenant management organisation under regulation 14(1);

• “area” in relation to a tenant management organisation, means the area specified in its constitution in accordance with regulation 4(1)(b);

• “authority” means the local housing authority on which a proposal notice is served;

• “commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;

• “competence” refers to the competence of a tenant management organisation to exercise the management functions set out in the feasibility study;

• “house”^f1 includes—

  1. (a)

     part of a house;

  2. (b)

     land let together with a house; and

  3. (c)

     land held for a purpose related to the house;

• “feasibility study” means the study described in regulation 13;

• “management functions” has the same meaning as in section 27 of the Housing Act 1985;

• “management offer” means the offer an authority is required to make under regulation 15(1);

• “proposal notice” means a notice which complies with regulation 9;

• “support” means the provision or financing by an authority of office accommodation, facilities and training;

• “tenant” means a person who holds a secure tenancy (within the meaning of section 79 of the Housing Act 1985), or other tenancy of a house from an authority; and

• “TMO agreement” means an agreement required to be made between an authority and a tenant management organisation under regulation 16.