{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-82",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987/section-82.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/26",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1987",
  "path": "section/82",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "82",
  "heading": "Interpretation of sections 14, 19 and 20",
  "text": "In ... sections 14, 19, and 20, except where provision is made to the contrary,\n...\n“family” and any reference to membership thereof shall be construed in accordance with section 83;\n...\n...\n...\n“landlord” means a person who lets a house to a tenant for human habitation, and includes his successors in title;\n...\n...\n. . .\n. . .\n...\n“tenancy” means any agreement under which a house is made available for occupation for human habitation, and “leases”, “let” and “lets” shall be construed accordingly;\n“tenant” means a person who leases a house from a landlord and who derives his right therein directly from the landlord, and in the case of joint tenancies means all the tenants.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 82 repealed (1.8.2016) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(7)(a); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 82 substituted (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(a); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 82 repealed (1.8.2016) by Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(7)(b); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 82 repealed (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 8 Pt. 2; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definitions of “rent to loan purchaser” and “rent to loan scheme” in s. 82 repealed (30.9.2002) by 2001 asp 10, s. 112, Sch. 10 para. 13(18)(b); S.S.I. 2002/321, art. 2, Sch. (with transitional provisions and savings in arts. 3-5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 82 heading substituted (1.8.2016) by virtue of Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 14), s. 104(3), sch. 2 para. 4(8); S.S.I. 2014/264, art. 2, sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 82 modified (13.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/325, regs. 3, 5, 7, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": null,
      "affecting": "asp/2001/10",
      "affecting_title": "Housing (Scotland) Act 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/26/section/82",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:37.661692+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."
}