{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-order-1990/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/428",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-order-1990",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“child” means a person under the age of 16;\n“determination” means a determination (including an interim and a further determination) made in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Order;\n“dwelling” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1986;\n“local authority” has the same meaning as it has in the Social Security Act 1986 in relation to England and Wales;\n“occupier” means a person (whether or not identified by name) who is stated, in the application for the determination, to occupy the dwelling;\n“relevant time” means the time the application for the determination is made or, if earlier, the tenancy ends;\n“rent” has the same meaning as in section 14 of the Housing Act 1988, except that the reference to the dwelling-house in subsection (4) shall be construed as a reference to the dwelling;\n“size criteria” means the standards relating to bedrooms and rooms suitable for living in specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;\n“tenancy” includes “licence” and references to a tenant, a landlord or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly.\n(2) In this Order any reference to a notice or application is to a notice or application in writing.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/3040",
      "affecting_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/3040",
      "affecting_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/652",
      "affecting_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/652",
      "affecting_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/428/article/2",
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  },
  "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."
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