Part 1: Leasehold houses Section 25: Power to amend: permitted leases and definitions
Section 25 provides for the Secretary of State by regulations to amend or remove definitions of permitted leases, and also to amend certain individual definitions of long residential leases of houses.
	Subsection (1) confers powers on the Secretary of State by regulations to make provision to (a) amend the definitions of "long residential lease of a house", a lease which has a "long term" and "house", (b) to add or remove a category of permitted lease in Schedule 1 and (c) to amend a category of permitted lease in Schedule 1.
	Subsection (2) sets out that a statutory instrument containing regulations under Subsection (1)(a) or (b) (to add or omit a category of permitted lease to the Schedule (Categories of permitted lease)) is subject to the affirmative procedure.
	Subsection (3) sets out that any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this Subsection 1(b) (amending a definition of a category of permitted lease in the Schedule (Categories of permitted lease)) is subject to the negative procedure.
	Subsection (4) details further powers to make regulations under paragraphs 2(1)(b), 3(1)(b) 6(2) and 7(1)(b) of the Schedule (Categories of permitted lease).
	Subsection (5) states that the provision may be made by regulations under this Section by virtue of Section 86(1) (consequential etc provision), including provision amending or repealing any provision under this Part.