# The Transfer of Tenancies and Right to Acquire (Exclusion) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2: Interpretation

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In these Regulations—
“the 1985 Act” means the Housing Act 1985;
“the 2008 Act” means the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;
“the 2011 Act” means the Localism Act 2011;
“Affordable Rent” means the rent payable in respect of a fixed term assured shorthold tenancy with a minimum two year term where the rent—
(a)...
(b)is regulated under a rent standard which requires the initial rent to be set at no more than 80% of local market rent (including service charges);
“dwelling” has the meaning given in section 275 of the 2008 Act;
“funding condition” means a condition imposed by the Homes and Communities Agency or, in London, the Greater London Authority, when giving a grant to a private registered provider for the provision of social housing;
“Intermediate Rent” means the rent payable in respect of a periodic or fixed term assured shorthold tenancy , or a private assured tenancy, where the rent—
(a) is not regulated under a rent standard, but
(b)is subject to a funding condition which requires it to be no more than 80% of local market rent;
“Mortgage Rescue Rent” means the rent payable in respect of an assured shorthold tenancy of a dwelling let on a fixed term of three years , or a private assured tenancy, where—
(a)the freehold or superior leasehold of the dwelling was purchased by a private registered provider ... due to mortgage arrears; and
(b)the rent ... is subject to a funding condition which requires it to be no more than 80% of local market rent;
...
“private assured tenancy” means an assured tenancy which is not a social housing assured tenancy within the meaning given by section 145(8) of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025;
“private registered provider” and “social housing” have the same meanings as in the 2008 Act;
“rent standard” means a standard controlling rents set by the Regulator of Social Housing under section 194(2A) of the 2008 Act;
“shared ownership rent” means the rent payable in respect of a lease of the kind referred to in section 70(4) of the 2008 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/696/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-tenancies-and-right-to-acquire-exclusion-regulations-2012/regulation-2
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