Section 22: Interpretation
Section 22 defines various terms used throughout the Act. Subsection (1) defines a long lease as one granted for a period exceeding 21 years (whether or not it may be terminated sooner). It also includes a lease granted for a fixed term but with an obligation or covenant that means the lease will be continually renewed, other than a sub-lease of a lease which is not a long lease, or a lease that is terminated after a death, marriage or civil partnership.
	Subsection (2) defines dwelling as a building or part of building that is occupied or intended to be occupied, and any land usually enjoyed around it such as a garden or outhouses. Subsection (2) also makes clear that in the Act the term lease means either an equitable or legal lease (and that references to grant of a lease are to be construed accordingly) and includes a sub-lease, but does not include a mortgage term. It defines rent as anything in the nature of rent, regardless of what it is called.
	Subsection (2) also defines a premium as any ‘"pecuniary consideration’" for the grant of the lease, other than rent.
	In addition, subsection (2) sets out the meaning of the "relevant authority" to mean the Secretary of State in relation to a lease of premises in England and to mean the Welsh Ministers in relation to a lease of a premises in Wales.
	Subsection 3 clarifies that a sum expressed to be payable in respect of rates, council tax, services, repairs, maintenance, insurance or other ancillary matters is not rent for the purposes of this Act merely because it is reserved as rent in the lease.