{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/382",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Universal Credit Functions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-universal-credit-functions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“Welfare Reform Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 ;\n“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 ;\n“accommodation” 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“assessment period” has the same meaning as in section 40 of the Welfare Reform Act.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n“assured tenancy”—\n(a)in England ... , has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1988 , except that it includes—\n(i)a tenancy which would be an assured tenancy but for paragraph 2, 8 or 10 of Schedule 1 (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies) to that Act; and\n(ii)a licence which would be an assured tenancy (within the extended meaning given in this definition) were it a tenancy; and\n(b)in Scotland, has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 , except that it includes—\n(i)a tenancy which would be an assured tenancy but for paragraph 7 or 9 of Schedule 4 (tenancies which cannot be assured tenancies) to that Act; and\n(ii)any other form of occupancy which would be an assured tenancy (within the extended meaning given in this definition) were it a tenancy;\n“broad rental market area” has the meaning given in article 3;\n“housing payment” means a relevant payment within the meaning of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (housing costs element for renters) to the Universal Credit Regulations;\n“introductory standard contract” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 16 of that Act);\n“local authority” means—\n(a)in relation to England, the council of a district or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(b)in relation to Wales, the council of a county or county borough; and\n(c)in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 (constitution of councils) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ;\n“private landlord” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 10 of that Act);\n“private registered provider of social housing” has the meaning given by section 80(3) of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;\n“provider of social housing” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Universal Credit Regulations;\n“registered social landlord” means a person registered in the register maintained under section 1 of the Housing Act 1996;\n“relevant time” means the time the request for the determination is made or, if earlier, the date the tenancy ends;\n“secure contract” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act);\n“service charge payments” has the meaning given in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation) to the Universal Credit Regulations;\n“standard contract” has the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 8 of that Act), but does not include—\n(a)an introductory standard contract,\n(b)a prohibited conduct standard contract within the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 116 of that Act), or\n(c)a supported standard contract within the meaning given by the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (see section 143 of that Act);\n“tenancy” includes—\n(a)in England and Wales, a licence to occupy premises; and\n(b)in Scotland, any other right of occupancy,\nand references to rent, a tenant, a landlord or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy are to be construed accordingly;\n“tenant” includes, where the tenant is a member of a couple within the meaning of section 39 of the Welfare Reform Act, the other member of the couple;\n“working day” means any day other than—\n(a)a Saturday or a Sunday;\n(b)Christmas Day or Good Friday; or\n(c)a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of Great Britain.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (8.1.2015) by The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Local Housing Allowance Amendments) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3126), arts. 1, 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (1.9.2013) by virtue of The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1544), arts. 1, 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (W.) (1.12.2022) by virtue of The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 28(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (W.) (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/907), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 28(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2012 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2013/376."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1988 c.50."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "1998 c.43."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1994 c.39."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:34.350504+00:00"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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