Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

InterpretationE+W

F196 Meaning of “reasonable repair”.E+W

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F297 Fitness for human habitation.E+W

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98 Members of a person’s family and connected persons.E+W

(1)Section 113 of the M1Housing Act 1985 (meaning of “members of a person’s family”) applies in determining whether a person is a member of another’s family for the purposes of this Part.

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99 Meaning of “owner" of dwelling.E+W

(1)In this Part “owner”, in relation to a dwelling, means the person who—

(a)is for the time being entitled to receive from a lessee of the dwelling (or would be so entitled if the dwelling were let) a rent at an annual rate of not less than two-thirds of the net annual value of the dwelling; and

(b)is not himself liable as lessee of the dwelling, or of property which includes the dwelling, to pay such a rent to a superior landlord.

(2)For this purpose the net annual value of a dwelling means the rent at which the dwelling might reasonably be expected to be let from year to year if the tenant undertook to pay all usual tenant’s rates and taxes and to bear the cost of repair and insurance and the other expenses, if any, necessary to maintain the dwelling in a state to command that rent.

(3)Any dispute arising as to the net annual value of a dwelling shall be referred in writing for decision by the district valuer.

In this subsection “district valuer” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985.

100 Disabled persons.E+W

(1)For the purposes of this Part a person is disabled if—

(a)his sight, hearing or speech is substantially impaired,

(b)he has a mental disorder or impairment of any kind, or

(c)he is physically substantially disabled by illness, injury, impairment present since birth, or otherwise.

(2)A person aged eighteen or over shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be disabled if—

[F4(za)the person is registered in a register maintained under section 77(1) or (3) of the Care Act 2014 (registers of sight-impaired adults, disabled adults, etc.),

(zb)in the opinion of the social services authority, the person falls within a category mentioned in section 77(4) of that Act (persons for whom register may be maintained),]

[F5(a)the person is registered in a register maintained under section 18(5) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (register of disabled adults and adults with an impairment or who have needs for care and support), or

(b)in the opinion of the social services authority, the person falls within a category mentioned in section 18(6) of that Act.]

(3)A person under the age of eighteen shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be disabled if—

(a)he is registered in a register of disabled children maintained under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the M2Children Act 1989, or

(b)he is in the opinion of the social services authority a disabled child as defined for the purposes of Part III of the M3Children Act 1989 (local authority support for children and their families).

[F6(c)the person is registered as disabled in a register maintained under section 18(4) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, or

(d)the person is, in the opinion of the social services authority, disabled as defined for the purposes of section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014.]

[F7(4)In this Part “social services authority” means—

(a)in England, the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, and

(b)in Wales, the council which is the local authority for the purposes of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014,

for the area in which the dwelling or building is situated.]

(5)Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be construed as affecting the persons who are to be regarded as [F8having a disability for the purposes of section 77 of the Care Act 2014 or as] disabled under F9... section 17(11) of the Children Act 1989 [F10or section 3 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014] F11....

101 Minor definitions: Part I.E+W

In this Part—

• [F12“development corporation” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985;]

• “dwelling” means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling, together with any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to it or usually enjoyed with it;

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• F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• “housing action trust” means a housing action trust established under Part III of the M4Housing Act 1988 and includes any body established by order under section 88 of the Housing Act 1988;

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• “introductory tenancy” and “introductory tenant” have the same meaning as in Chapter I of Part V of the M5Housing Act 1996;

• “local authority” and “local housing authority” have the same meaning as in the M6Housing Act 1985;

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• F14...

• “owner”, in relation to a dwelling, has the meaning given by section 99 F15. . . ;

• “owner’s interest”, in relation to any premises, means—

  (a)

  an estate in fee simple absolute in possession, or

  (b)

  a term of years absolute of which not less than five years remain unexpired at the date of the application,

  whether held by the applicant alone or jointly with others;

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• “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State;

• “registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Housing Act 1996;

• “renewal area” has the same meaning as in Part VII of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989;

• [F16“secure tenant” has] the same meaning as in Part IV of the M7Housing Act 1985;

• [F17“statutory tenant” means a] statutory tenant within the meaning of the M8Rent Act 1977 or the M9Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976;

• “tenancy” includes a sub-tenancy and an agreement for a tenancy or sub-tenancy;

• “tenant” includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant;

• “urban development corporation” has the same meaning as in the Housing Act 1985 and includes any body established by order under section 165B of the M10Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980.