{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/70",
  "legislation_title": "Landlord and Tenant Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/landlord-and-tenant-act-1985",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Index of defined expressions.",
  "text": "The following Table shows provisions defining or otherwise explaining expressions used in this Act (other than provisions) defining or explaining an expression in the same section):\naddress\nsection 38\narbitration agreement, arbitration proceedings and , arbitral tribunal and post-dispute arbitration agreement\nsection 38\nco-operative housing association\nsection 38\ndwelling\nsection 38\ndwelling-house (in the provisions relating to repairing obligations)\nsection 16\nfit for human habitation\nsection 10\nflat (in the provisions relating to service charges)\nsection 30\nhousing association\nsection 38\nlandlord—\n(generally)\nsection 36(3)\n(in sections 1 and 2)\nsection 1(3)\n(in the provisions relating to rent books)\nsection 4(3)\n(in the provisions relating to service charges)\nsection 30\n(in relation to a statutory tenancy)\nsection 37(b)\nlease, lessee and lessor—\n(generally)\nsection 36\n(in the provisions relating to fitness for human habitation of dwellings in England)\nsection 9A(9)\n(in the provisions relating to repairing obligations\nsection 16\nlocal authority\nsection 38\nlocal housing authority\nsection 38\nnew town corporation\nsection 38\nprotected tenancy\nsection 38\nqualified accountant (for the purposes of section 21(6))\nsection 28\nregistered social landlord\nsection 38\nrecognised tenants’ association\nsection 29\nrelevant costs (in relation to a service charge)\nsection 18(2)\nrestricted contract\nsection 38\nservice charge\nsection 18(1)\nstatutory tenant\nsection 37(a)\ntenancy and tenant—\n(generally)\nsection 36\n(in sections 1 and 2)\nsection 1(3)\n(in the provisions relating to rent books)\nsection 4(3)\n(in the provisions relating to service charges)\nsection 30\nurban development corporation\nsection 38",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 inserted (1.9.1997 subject to saving in Sch. para. 1 of S.I. 1997/1851 and otherwise 11.8.1998 subject to art. 3 of S.I. 1998/1768) by 1996 c. 52, s. 83(6); S.I. 1997/1851, art. 2; S.I. 1998/1768, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 substituted (30.9.2003 for E. and 30.3.2004 for W.) by virtue of 2002 c. 15, ss. 155(3), 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(i) (subject to Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i) (subject to Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 inserted (20.3.2019) by Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 (c. 34), ss. 1(5), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 39: table entry for 'qualified accountant' omitted (1.12.2008 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 303, 325, Sch. 12 para. 10 and repealed (prosp.) by s. 321(1), {Sch. 16}; S.I. 2008/3068, art. 4(6) (with arts. 6-13)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 39 substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 16(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/26",
      "affecting_title": "Renters’ Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2002/15",
      "affecting_title": "Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2024/22",
      "affecting_title": "Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/70/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:43.672369+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."
}