Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 No. 22

PART 2 Licensing of Houses in multiple occupation

Requirement for and issue of licences

Satisfactory management arrangements

11.  In deciding for the purposes of section8(2)(c) whether the proposed management arrangements for the living accommodation are satisfactory, the council must have regard to (among other things)—

(a) whether any person proposed to be involved in the management has a sufficient level of competence to be so involved,

(b) whether any person proposed to be involved in the management, other than a managing agent named in the licence, is a fit and proper person (within the meaning given by section 10) to be so involved, and

(c) whether any proposed management structures and funding arrangements are suitable.