PART VIIIHOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION
Supplementary
171Application of sections 156 to 161 to certain buildings comprising separate dwellings
1
Subject to the provisions of this section, sections 156 to 161 apply—
a
to a building which is not a house but comprises separate dwellings, two or more of which lack either or both of the following—
i
a sanitary convenience accessible only to those living in the dwelling, and
ii
personal washing facilities so accessible, and
b
to a building which is not a house but comprises separate dwellings, two or more of which are wholly or partly let in lodgings or occupied by members of more than one family,
being in either case a building all the dwellings in which are owned by the same person, as if references in those sections to a house which, or part of which, is let in lodgings or which is occupied by members of more than one family included references to any such building.
2
A notice under section 161(3)(b) shall not by virtue of this section be served in respect of such a building.
3
A direction under section 166 shall not by virtue of this section be given in relation to such a building.
4
If a local authority make an order under section 157, as applied by subsection (1), in respect of any building at a time when another order under that section is in force as respects one of the dwellings in the building, they shall revoke the last-mentioned order.
5
References to a house in sections 163,164,175 and 177 shall include references to a building to which this section applies.