Section 26 — Interpretation of Part 1

(1) In this Part— “appropriate tribunal” means— (a) in relation to a lease of a house in England, the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal; and (b) in relation to a lease of a house in Wales, a leasehold valuation tribunal; “appurtenant property”, in relation to a house, means any garage, outhouse, garden, yard or appurtenances belonging to, or usually enjoyed with, the house; “enforcement authority” means a local weights and measures authority in England or Wales; “house”: see section 5; “lead enforcement authority” has the meaning given by section 20; “lease”— (a) means a lease at law or in equity (and references to the grant or assignment of a lease are to be construed accordingly); (b) includes a sub-lease; (c) does not include a mortgage term; “leasehold house restrictions” has the meaning given by section 17(2); “long residential lease of a house”: see section 2; “long term”, in relation to a lease: see section 3; “notify” means notify in writing, and “notification” is to be construed accordingly; “permitted lease”: see section 7; “permitted lease certificate” means a certificate issued by the appropriate tribunal under section 8; “residential lease”: see section 6.

(2) In this Part, references to the grant of a lease in relation to a lease which takes effect as a deemed surrender and regrant of a lease are to the regrant of the lease.