{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-107",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-107.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/42",
  "legislation_title": "Rent Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977",
  "path": "section/107",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "107",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part VII.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—\n“appropriate tribunal” means—\n(a)in relation to a dwelling in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal; and\n(b)in relation to a dwelling in Wales, a rent assessment committee;\n“dwelling” means a house or part of a house;\n“lessee” means the person to whom is granted, under a restricted contract, the right to occupy the dwelling in question as a residence and any person directly or indirectly deriving title from the grantee; and\n“lessor” means the person who, under a restricted contract, grants to another the right to occupy the dwelling in question as a residence and any person directly or indirectly deriving title from the grantor.\n(2) References in this Part of this Act to a party to a contract include references to any person directly or indirectly deriving title from such a party.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 107 inserted (1.7.2013) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1036), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 31 (with Sch. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/107",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:12.956086+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."
}