Section 47 Requirement not to permit new residentsI1

(1)

The requirement not to permit new residents is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from—

(a)

permitting any room to be occupied by a new resident as sleeping accommodation otherwise than in accordance with the notice, and

(b)

permitting a new resident to occupy any part of the HMO as sleeping accommodation if the result of doing so is that it is not possible to comply with the room standard (see section 42).

(2)

In subsection (1) “new resident” means a person who was not an occupier of the HMO immediately before the notice was served.

(3)

The reference in subsection (1)(b) to complying with the room standard is to doing so on the assumption that—

(a)

the persons occupying the HMO as sleeping accommodation sleep only in rooms for which a maximum is set by the notice, and

(b)

the maximum set for each room is not exceeded.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 47 in operation at 1.4.2019 by S.R. 2019/39, art. 2 (with art. 3)