Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 1985 Act” (“Deddf 1985”) means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985^f1;

• “close relative” (“perthynas agos”), in relation to a person, means a spouse F1, civil partner or F2cohabitee (“F3ystyr “un sy’n cyd-fyw” (“cohabitee”) mewn perthynas â pherson, yw person sy’n byw gyda’r person hwnnw fel pe baent yn gwpl priod;”) in relation to a person, means a person living with that person as if they were a married couple;, a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, step-parent, step-son or step-daughter of that person ;

• cohabitee (“un sy’n cyd-fyw”) in relation to a person, means a person living with that person as if they were a married couple F4or civil partners;

• “nominated person” (“person a enwebwyd”) means a person whose name is proposed in response to an invitation made as mentioned in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 or paragraph 1(3) of Part 2 of Schedule 4; and “nomination” (“enwebiad”) means any such proposal;

• F5“public notice” (“hysbysiad cyhoeddus”) F6means any notice published, pursuant to the Procurement Act 2023 which relates to a public contract (within the meaning of section 3 of that Act).

• “relevant matters” (“materion perthnasol”), in relation to a proposed agreement, means the goods or services to be provided or the works to be carried out (as the case may be) under the agreement;

• “relevant period” (“cyfnod perthnasol”), in relation to a notice, means the period of 30 days beginning with the date of the notice;

• “RTB tenancy” (“tenantiaeth RTB”) means the tenancy of an RTB tenant;

• “RTB tenant” (“tenant RTB”), in relation to a landlord, means a person who has become a tenant of the landlord by virtue of section 138 of the Housing Act 1985^f2 (duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease), section 171A of that Act (cases in which right to buy is preserved), or section 16 of the Housing Act 1996^f3 (right of tenant to acquire dwelling)^f4 under a lease whose terms include a requirement that the tenant shall bear a reasonable part of such costs incurred by the landlord as are mentioned in paragraphs 16A to 16D of Schedule 6 to that Act (service charges and other contributions payable by the tenant)^f5;

• “section 20” (“adran 20”) means section 20 (limitation of service charges: consultation requirements) of the 1985 Act;

• “section 20ZA” (“adran 20ZA”) means section 20ZA (consultation requirements: supplementary) of that Act.

For the purposes of any estimate required by any provision of these Regulations to be made by the landlord—