# The Housing (Right to Manage) (England) Regulations 2008, 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” includes—
(a) part of a house;
(b) land let together with a house; and
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2361/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-right-to-manage-england-regulations-2008/regulation-3
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