{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/section-61.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/42",
  "legislation_title": "Rent Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part III.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires—\n“contractual period” means a rental period of a regulated tenancy which is a period beginning before the expiry or termination of the protected tenancy;\n“contractual rent limit” has the meaning assigned to it by section 44(3) of this Act;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under section 60 of this Act and references to a prescribed form include references to a form substantially to the same effect as the prescribed form;\n“recoverable rent” means rent which, under a regulated tenancy, is or was for the time being recoverable, having regard to the provisions of this Part of this Act;\n“rent agreement with a tenant having security of tenure” has the meaning assigned to it by section 51 of this Act;\n“statutory period” means any rental period of a regulated tenancy which is not a contractual period.\n(2) References in this Part of this Act to rates, in respect of a dwelling-house, include references to such proportion of any rates in respect of a hereditament of which the dwelling-house forms part as may be agreed in writing between the landlord and the tenant or determined by the county court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition repealed by Housing Act 1980 (c. 51, SIF 61), Sch. 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/section/61",
    "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."
}