The Housing (Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation) Regulations 1990

Interpretation

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 369 of the Housing Act 1985 and of these Regulations, the definition of “person managing” in section 398(6) of that Act shall be varied by the insertion, at the end, of the words “; and for the purposes of the foregoing paragraphs, where rents or other payments are received by means of a payment made on behalf of any person, they shall be treated as rents or other payments received from that person.”.

(2) In these Regulations–

“house” means a house in multiple occupation;

“manager” means the person managing a house;

“resident”, means a tenant or lodger and any other person living in a house;

“staircase” includes any landing.

(3) Any requirement of these Regulations with respect to repair shall be construed as requiring a standard of repair that is reasonable in all the circumstances; and, in determining the appropriate standard for a room in, or any part of, a house, regard shall be had to the age, character and prospective life of the house and the locality in which it is situated.