PART 4Standards of housing
CHAPTER 1Overcrowding
Overcrowding notices
I146Requirement as to overcrowding generally
1
The requirement as to overcrowding generally is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from—
a
permitting any room to be occupied as sleeping accommodation otherwise than in accordance with the overcrowding notice, and
b
permitting such number of persons to occupy the HMO as sleeping accommodation that it is not possible to comply with the room standard (see section 42).
2
The reference in subsection (1)(b) to complying with the room standard is to doing so on the assumption that—
a
the persons occupying the HMO as sleeping accommodation sleep only in rooms for which a maximum is set by the notice, and
b
the maximum set for each room is not exceeded.