# Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016, Section 41: Definition of overcrowding


An HMO is overcrowded for the purposes of this Chapter when the number of persons who sleep in it is such as to contravene—
(a) the room standard (set out in section 42), or
(b) the space standard (set out in section 43).

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/22/section/41 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-act-northern-ireland-2016/section-41
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.