Legislation – Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
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- s. 102(2)(ba) inserted by 2022 c. 32 Sch. 11 para. 35(2)(a)
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- s. 102(2)(ba) inserted by 2022 c. 32 Sch. 11 para. 35(2)(a)
PART 1Injunctions
Supplemental
20Interpretation etc
(1)
In this Part—
“anti-social behaviour” has the meaning given by section 2;
“harm” includes serious ill-treatment or abuse, whether physical or not;
“housing accommodation” includes—
(a)
flats, lodging-houses and hostels;
(b)
any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to the accommodation or usually enjoyed with it;
(c)
any common areas used in connection with the accommodation;
“housing provider” means—
(a)
a housing trust, within the meaning given by section 2 of the Housing Associations Act 1985, that is a charity;
(b)
F1in relation to England, a housing action trust established under section 62 of the Housing Act 1988;
(c)
in relation to England, a non-profit private registered provider of social housing;
(d)
in relation to Wales, a Welsh body registered as a social landlord under section 3 of the Housing Act 1996;
(e)
any body (other than a local authority or a body within paragraphs (a) to (d)) that is a landlord under a secure tenancy within the meaning given by section 79 of the Housing Act 1985;
“local authority” means—
(a)
in relation to England, a district council, a county council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
(b)
in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;
“respondent” has the meaning given by section 1(1).
(2)
A person’s age is treated for the purposes of this Part as being that which it appears to the court to be after considering any available evidence.