{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023/section-218",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023/section-218.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/55",
  "legislation_title": "Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/levelling-up-and-regeneration-act-2023",
  "path": "section/218",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "218",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 10",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions apply for the purposes of this Part.\n(2) Each of the following is a local authority—\n(a) a district council in England,\n(b) a county council in England for any area for which there is no district council,\n(c) a London borough council,\n(d) the Common Council of the City of London, and\n(e) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.\n(3) “Premises” means—\n(a) the whole of a building that is designed or adapted to be used as a whole, or\n(b) any part of a building that—\n(i) is designed or adapted to be used separately from the other parts, or\n(ii) could with reasonable adaptation be so used.\n(4) Premises are situated on a street if the building comprising or containing the premises—\n(a) directly adjoins the street, or\n(b) is separated from the street only by the curtilage of the building.\n(5) “Street” means a street, within the meaning given by section 48(1) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, to which the public have access on foot (whether by right or permission); and includes any part of a street.\n(6) “The landlord”, in relation to premises, means a person who—\n(a) is entitled to possession of the premises, and\n(b) has sufficient interest in the premises to be capable of granting a tenancy of the premises of at least one year in duration.\n(7) For the purposes of subsection (6) as it applies in relation to—\n(a) the service of a final letting notice in the circumstances described in section 198(1)(c)(ii), and\n(b) the operation of this Part following the service of such a notice,\nthe tenancy, licence or agreement referred to in section 198(1)(c)(ii) is to be ignored.\n(8) “Short-term tenancy” means a tenancy for a term of at least one year but not exceeding five years.\n(9) References to the terms of a contract or tenancy include covenants, conditions and grants.\n(10) “Mortgagee” is to be read as if any charge or lien for securing money or money’s worth was a “mortgage”.\n(11) References to regulations are to regulations made by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 218 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 218 in force at 2.12.2024 by S.I. 2024/1138, reg. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/55/section/218",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:50:40.116941+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."
}