48—(1) A council that issues an overcrowding notice in relation to an HMO may issue a notice under this section (an “information notice”) in relation to that HMO.
(2) An information notice is a notice that requires the person on whom it is served to supply to the council a statement giving all or any of the following particulars—
(a)the number of individuals who are, on a date specified in the notice, occupying any part of the HMO as sleeping accommodation;
(b)the names of those individuals;
(c)the number of households to which the individuals belong;
(d)the relationships between the individuals, and the household to which each individual belongs; and
(e)the rooms used by the individuals and households respectively.
(3) An information notice may be served on—
(a)any person on whom the overcrowding notice is required to be served under paragraph 1 of Schedule 5, or
(b)any person to whom a copy of the overcrowding notice is required to be sent under that paragraph.
(4) An information notice must require the statement to be supplied—
(a)in writing, and
(b)within 7 days of the date of the notice or such longer period as the council may specify in the notice.
(5) An information notice may be combined with, or issued after, the overcrowding notice.
Commencement Information
I1S. 48 in operation at 1.4.2019 by S.R. 2019/39, art. 2 (with art. 3)