{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-houses-in-multiple-occupation-asylum-seeker-accommodation-england-regulations-2023/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-houses-in-multiple-occupation-asylum-seeker-accommodation-england-regulations-2023/note.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348246889",
  "legislation_title": "The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-houses-in-multiple-occupation-asylum-seeker-accommodation-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the definition of “house in multiple occupation” (“HMO”) in England for the purposes of Part 2 of the Housing Act 2004. The effect is that accommodation provided on behalf of the Home Office for asylum-seekers does not require an HMO licence from a local authority during a specified period.\nThe exemption from the requirement to obtain a licence applies where arrangements for accommodation to be provided for asylum-seekers begin during the period beginning with the coming into force of these Regulations and ending on 30th June 2024 and lasts for a period of 2 years from the date those arrangements begin.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced as no significant impact on the private or voluntary sectors is envisaged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348246889/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:37.221577+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}