PART 4Standards of housing

CHAPTER 1Overcrowding

Overcrowding notices

48Notice requiring further information

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.