88 Supplementary provisions
Consumer Rights Act 2015 (2015 c 15) | Legislation

88  Supplementary provisions

(1)     In this Chapter—

“the appropriate national authority” means—

(a)     in relation to England, the Secretary of State, and

(b)     in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

“assured tenancy” means a tenancy which is an assured tenancy for the purposes of the Housing Act 1988 except where—

(a)     the landlord is—

(i)     a private registered provider of social housing,

(ii)     a registered social landlord, or

(iii)     a fully mutual housing association, or

(b)     the tenancy is a long lease;

[“contract-holder” has the same meaning as in the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 1) (see section 7 of that Act) and includes a person who proposes to be a contract-holder under an occupation contract because the occupation contract has come to an end;]

“dwelling-house” may be a house or part of a house;

“fully mutual housing association” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Associations Act 1985 (see section 1(1) and (2) of that Act);

“landlord” includes a person who proposes to be a landlord under a tenancy [or an occupation contract] and a person

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