(1)The requirement prescribed by this section is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from—
(a)permitting a room to be occupied as sleeping accommodation otherwise than in accordance with the notice; or
(b)permitting persons to occupy the HMO as sleeping accommodation in such numbers that it is not possible to avoid persons of opposite sexes who are not living together as [F1a married couple or civil partners] sleeping in the same room.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—
(a)children under the age of 10 are to be disregarded; and
(b)it must be assumed that the persons occupying the HMO as sleeping accommodation sleep only in rooms for which a maximum is set by the notice and that the maximum set for each room is not exceeded.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 141(1)(b) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), reg. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 26(2)
Commencement Information
I1S. 141 wholly in force at 16.6.2006; s. 141 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 270(2)(b); s. 141 in force for E. at 6.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/1060, art. 2(1)(a) (with Sch.); s. 141 in force for W. at 16.6.2006 by S.I. 2006/1535, art. 2(a) (with Sch.)