Section 56 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: General interpretation of Part

General interpretation of Part 56 In this Part— “ banning order ” has the meaning given by section 14; “ banning order offence ” has the meaning given by section 14; “ body corporate ” includes a body incorporated outside England and Wales; “ database ” means the database of rogue landlords and letting agents established under section 28; “ English letting agency work ” has the meaning given by section 54; “ English property management work ” has the meaning given by section 55; “ financial penalty ” means a penalty that—

is imposed in respect of conduct that amounts to an offence, but is imposed otherwise than following the person's conviction for the offence; “ housing ” means a building, or part of a building, occupied or intended to be occupied as a dwelling or as more than one dwelling; “letting”— includes the grant of a licence, but except in Chapter 4, does not include the grant of a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years, and “let” is to be read accordingly; “ letting agency work ” has the meaning given by section 54; “ letting agent ” has the meaning given by section 54; “ local housing authority ” has the meaning given by section 1 of the Housing Act 1985; “ officer ”, in relation to a body corporate, means— any director, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity; “ property agent ” means a letting agent or property manager; “ property manager ” has the meaning given by section 55; “ residential landlord ” means a landlord of housing; “tenancy”— includes a licence, but except in Chapter 4, does not include a tenancy or licence for a term of more than 21 years.