# The Residential Property Tribunal Procedure (England) Regulations 2006, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Housing Act 2004;
“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;
“application” means an application or appeal to a tribunal under the Act or Part 9 of the 1985 Act and “applicant” bears a corresponding meaning;
“case management conference” means a pre-trial review or any other meeting held by a tribunal for the purpose of managing the proceedings in respect of an application;
“the Fees Regulations” means the Residential Property Tribunals (Fees)(England) Regulations 2006;
“IMO authorisation application” means an application for authorisation to make an interim management order;
“interested person” means in relation to a particular application—
(a) a person other than the applicant who would have been entitled under the Act or the 1985 Act (as the case may be) to make the application;
(b) a person to whom notice of the application must be given by the applicant in accordance with the following provisions of the Act—
(i) section 73(7);
(ii) section 96(7);
(iii) paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1; or
(iv) paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 3;
(c) a person to whom the tribunal must give the opportunity of being heard in accordance with the following provisions of the Act—
(i) section 34(4); or
(ii) section 317(2);
(d) the LHA where it is not a party to the application;
“LHA” means the local housing authority;
“premises” means the dwelling or building to which the application relates;
“the respondent” means, in respect of an application to which a paragraph of the Schedule to these Regulations applies, the person or persons, or one of the persons, specified in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph;
“statement of reasons” means a statement of reasons prepared by the LHA under section 8 of the Act (reasons for decision to take enforcement action); and
“tribunal” means a residential property tribunal, and “the tribunal” in relation to an application means the tribunal by which the application is to be determined.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/831/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/residential-property-tribunal-procedure-england-regulations-2006/regulation-2
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