SCHEDULE 1Excluded accommodation and tenancies
Interpretation
3.
(1)
In this schedule—
“aparthotel” means a residential building containing serviced apartments where—
(a)
the whole building is owned by the same person,
(b)
a minimum number of 5 serviced apartments are managed and operated as a single business,
(c)
the building has a shared entrance for the serviced apartments, and
(d)
the serviced apartments do not share an entrance with any other flat or residential unit within the building,
“bothy” means a building of no more than two storeys which—
(a)
does not have any form of—
- (i)
mains electricity,
- (ii)
piped fuel supply, and
- (iii)
piped mains water supply,
(b)
(c)
is 100 metres or more from the nearest habitable building,
“hostel” means a building, other than a dwellinghouse, in which there is provided for persons generally or for any class or classes of persons—
(a)
residential accommodation, and
(b)
either or both—
- (i)
meals,
- (ii)
cooking facilities,
“refuge” means accommodation used wholly or mainly for persons who have been subject to any incident or pattern of incidents, of—
(a)
controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour,
(b)
physical violence,
(c)
abuse of any other description (whether physical or mental in nature), or
(d)
threats of any such violence or abuse.
“serviced apartment” means a flat or residential unit in respect of which—
(a)
services are provided to guests (such as housekeeping, a telephone desk, reception, or laundry),
(b)
each flat or unit contains its own washing, cooking and dining facilities separate from each of the other flats or units, and
(c)
there is a management system in place to prevent anti-social behaviour and to impose limits in respect of the maximum occupancy of the flats or units,
“student residential tenancy” means a tenancy—
(a)
the purpose of which is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy the let property while the tenant is a student, and
(b)
to which sub-paragraph (2) or (3) of paragraph 5 of schedule 1 (tenancies which cannot be private residential tenancies) of the 2016 Act applies,
“student accommodation” means residential accommodation which has been built or converted predominantly for the purpose of being provided to students.