Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015
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Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act | ||
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5. Section 4(1) of the Principal Act is amended— | ||
(a) by inserting the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘approved housing body’ means a body— | ||
(a) approved under section 6 (6) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 for the purposes of section 6 of that Act, and | ||
(b) to which— | ||
(i) assistance under section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 is given for the provision by the approved housing body of dwellings owned by it, or | ||
(ii) assistance referred to in section 6(2)(ea) of that Act is given; | ||
‘housing authority’ has the meaning assigned to it by section 23 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 ;”, | ||
and | ||
(b) in the definition of “public authority”, by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c): | ||
“(ca) a housing authority,”. |