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UK Law Reference
All sections of Housing and Planning Act 2016
2016 c. 22, s.55

Section 55 — Meaning of “property manager” and related expressions

This version in force from 2017-04-06

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) In this Part “property manager” means a person who engages in English property management work.

(2) But a person is not a property manager for the purposes of this Part if the person engages in English property management work in the course of that person's employment under a contract of employment.

(3) In this Part “English property management work” means things done by a person in the course of a business in response to instructions received from another person (“the client”) where—

(a) the client wishes the person to arrange services, repairs, maintenance, improvements or insurance in respect of, or to deal with any other aspect of the management of, premises on the client's behalf, and

(b) the premises consist of housing in England let under a tenancy.