Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

PART XI E+W HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION

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 E+W

345 Meaning of “multiple occupation”. E+W

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

[F1 (2) 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.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 345(2) added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 44