Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014
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PART 2 Termination of Local Authority Tenancies, etc. | ||
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Interpretation (Part 2) | ||
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6. (1) In this Part— | ||
“affordable housing” means— | ||
(a) an affordable house provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 or Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 , or | ||
(b) an affordable dwelling purchased under affordable dwelling purchase arrangements provided for by Part 5 of the Act of 2009, as the case may be; | ||
“dwelling” means a dwelling provided by a housing authority under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 or Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 , other than affordable housing, and includes any building or part of a building of which an authority is the owner and which the authority requires for the purposes of those Acts; | ||
“rent-related obligation” means— | ||
(a) the term of a tenancy agreement requiring payment on the due dates of the amount of rent determined under section 58 of the Principal Act or section 31 of the Act of 2009, and | ||
(b) a term of rescheduling arrangements; | ||
“rescheduling arrangements” means arrangements relating to payment of rent arrears and includes arrangements referred to in section 34(2) of the Act of 2009; | ||
“tenancy agreement” means— | ||
(a) an agreement, between a person and a housing authority, that is of a type referred to in section 58(4)(b) of the Principal Act, under which the person is permitted to occupy or use a dwelling to which that section applies, or | ||
(b) a tenancy agreement referred to in section 29 of the Act of 2009. | ||
(2) A reference in this Part to rent includes a reference to charges in respect of a dwelling, whether by way of rent or otherwise, in respect of works or services provided under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 or Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 . |