The Licensing and Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation and Other Houses (Miscellaneous Provisions) (England) Regulations 2006

Persons to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act: employees

3.—(1) Where—

(a) a person (“person A”) occupies living accommodation in a building or part of a building; and

(b) another person (“person B”) and any member of person B’s family living with him occupy living accommodation in the same building or part,

• those persons are only to be regarded as forming a single household for the purposes of section 254 of the Act if their circumstances are those described in paragraph (2).

(2) The circumstances are that—

(a) Person A carries out work or performs a service of an exclusively domestic nature for person B or such a member of person B’s family;

(b) Person A’s living accommodation is supplied to him by person B or by such a member of person B’s family as part of the consideration for carrying out the work or performing the service; and

(c) person A does not pay any rent or other consideration in respect of his living accommodation (other than carrying out the work or performance of the service).

(3) Work or a service usually carried out or performed by any of the following is to be regarded as work or service of a domestic nature for the purpose of paragraph (2)(a)—

(a) au pair;

(b) nanny;

(c) nurse;

(d) carer;

(e) governess;

(f) servant, including maid, butler, cook or cleaner;

(g) chauffeur;

(h) gardener;

(i) secretary; or

(j) personal assistant.

(4) Where person A and person B are to be regarded as forming a single household under paragraph (1) any member of person A’s family occupying the living accommodation with him is to be regarded as forming a single household with person A, person B and any member of person B’s family living with him for the purpose of section 254 of the Act.