Section 207 | Meaning of “generating income from land”

(1)In this Chapter “generating income from land” means exploiting an estate, interest or right in or over land as a source of rents or other receipts.

(2)“Rents” includes payments by a tenant for work to maintain or repair leased premises which the lease does not require the tenant to carry out.

(3)“Other receipts” includes—

(a)payments in respect of a licence to occupy or otherwise use land,

(b)payments in respect of the exercise of any other right over land, and

(c)rentcharges and other annual payments reserved in respect of, or charged on or issuing out of, land.

(4)For the purposes of this section a right to use a caravan or houseboat at only one location is treated as a right deriving from an estate or interest in land.