C1C2PART XI HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. XI (ss. 345–400): power to apply certain functions conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 65(2)(4)

C2

Pt. XI (ss. 345-400) applied (17.12.1996) by 1996 c. 53, s. 90(b); S.I. 1996/2842, art. 3 (with transitional, supplementary and saving provisions in arts. 5-8)

Introductory

345 Meaning of “multiple occupation”.

In this Part “house in multiple occupation” means a house which is occupied by persons who do not form a single household.

F12

For the purposes of this section “house”, in the expression “house in multiple occupation”, includes any part of a building which—

a

apart from this subsection would not be regarded as a house; and

b

was originally constructed or subsequently adapted for occupation by a single household;

and any reference in this Part to a flat in multiple occupation is a reference to a part of a building which, whether by virtue of this subsection or without regard to it, constitutes a house in multiple occupation.