Section 9 — Housing and Planning Act 2016: Definitions

Definitions 9 1 In section 1 of the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (register of persons seeking to acquire land), before subsection (1) insert— A1 In this Act “ self-build and custom housebuilding ” means the building or completion by—

a individuals, b associations of individuals, or c persons working with or for individuals or associations of individuals, of houses to be occupied as homes by those individuals. A2 But it does not include the building of a house on a plot acquired from a person who builds the house wholly or mainly to plans or specifications decided or offered by that person.

2 In subsection (1) of that section—

a omit “(including bodies corporate that exercise functions on behalf of associations of individuals)”;

b for “in order to build houses for those individuals to occupy as homes” substitute “ for their own self-build and custom housebuilding ” .

3 After subsection (6) of that section insert— 6A In this section— “ association of individuals ” includes a body corporate that exercises functions on behalf of an association of individuals; “ completion ” does not include anything that falls outside the definition of “building operations” in section 55(1A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; “ home ”, in relation to an individual, means the individual's sole or main residence.

4 In section 5 of that Act (interpretation)—

a at the appropriate place insert— “ self-build and custom housebuilding ” has the meaning given by section 1; ;

b for the definition of “serviced plot of land” substitute— “ serviced plot of land ” means a plot of land that—

a has access to a public highway and has connections for electricity, water and waste water, or b can be provided with those things in specified circumstances or within a specified period; ;

c at the end of that section (the existing text of which becomes subsection (1)) insert— 2 Regulations may amend the definition of “serviced plot of land” by adding further services to those mentioned in paragraph (a).