Part 1: New Homes in England Chapter 2: Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Section 9: Definitions
This chapter amends and supplements the duties placed on local authorities under the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 ("the 2015 Act"). The 2015 Act introduced new duties on local authorities to keep, and have regard to, registers of people seeking land for self-build and custom housebuilding. Those duties were brought into force through regulations on 1 April 2016.
	This section explains what is meant by "self-build and custom housebuilding" by inserting new definitions and making related amendments. It also substitutes the existing definition of "serviced plot of land" and enables the Secretary of State to amend that definition through regulations. The definitions are self-explanatory.