{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-housing-and-urban-development-act-1993/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-housing-and-urban-development-act-1993/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/28",
  "legislation_title": "Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/leasehold-reform-housing-and-urban-development-act-1993",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter V.",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“the 1985 Act” means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985;\n“appurtenant property” shall be construed in accordance with section 76(3) or (6);\n“the auditor”, in relation to a management audit, means such a person as is mentioned in section 78(3);\n“the constituent dwellings” means the dwellings referred to in section 76(2)(a) or (b) (as the case may be);\n“landlord” means immediate landlord;\n“management audit” means such an audit as is mentioned in section 78(1);\n“management functions” includes functions with respect to the provision of services or the repair, maintenance , improvement or insurance of property;\n“relevant person” has the meaning given by section 79(7);\n“the relevant premises” shall be construed in accordance with section 76(3) or (6);\n“service charge” has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the 1985 Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 84 inserted (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 9 para. 10; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(i) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(i) (with Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 70."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 5 extended to Crown Land (30.9.2003 for E. for specified purposes, 30.3.2004 for W. for specified purposes, 28.2.2005 for E. for specified purposes, 31.5.2005 for W. for specified purposes) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), ss. 172, 181(1); S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2); S.I. 2004/3056, art. 3(h) (with art. 4); S.I. 2005/1353, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 5 modified (30.9.2003 for E., 30.3.2004 for W.) by Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (c. 15), s. 181(1), Sch. 7 para. 14; S.I. 2003/1986, art. 2(a); S.I. 2004/669, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/28/section/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:01.928287+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."
}