{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-order-1995/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-order-1995/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1642",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Additional Functions) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-additional-functions-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“assured tenancy” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1988, except that it includes a tenancy which would be an assured tenancy but for paragraph 2 or 10 of Schedule 1 to that Act and a licence which would be an assured tenancy (within the extended meaning given in this definition) were it a tenancy;\n“child” means a person under the age of 16;\n“determination” means a determination made in accordance with Part 1 or Part 4 of Schedule 1 to this Order;\n“dwelling” means any residential accommodation whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;\n“hostel” has the same meaning as in regulation 12A of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987;\n“local authority” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Administration Act 1992 in relation to England and in relation to 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” means any of the periodical payments referred to in regulation 10(1) of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987;\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—\n(a) a licence; and\n(b) a prospective tenancy or licence; and\nreferences to a tenant, a landlord or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly; and\n“the 1987 Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987.\n(2) In this Order any reference to a notice or application is to a notice or application in writing, except in a case where the recipient consents (whether generally or specifically) to the notice or application being transmitted by electronic means.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/1971; regulation 12A was inserted by S.I. 1990/546 and amended by S.I. 1993/317."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 10 has been amended by S.I. 1988/1971 and S.I. 1993/317."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1642/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:06:53.220355+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."
}