# Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, Section 16: Meaning of “lease” and related expressions.


In sections 11 to 15 (repairing obligations in short leases)—
(a) “lease” does not include a mortgage term;
(b) “lease of a dwelling-house” means a lease by which a building or part of a building is let wholly or mainly as a private residence and “dwelling-house” means that building or part of a building;
(c) “lessee” and “lessor” mean, respectively, the person for the time being entitled to the term of a lease and to the reversion expectant on it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-16
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