Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations enable local housing authorities to make chargesfor dealing with—

(a)

notifications, made in accordance with a registration schemefor houses in multiple occupation, that a house is registrable and as toother particulars required by the scheme, and

(b)

applications for registration (or the variation of registration) ofa house under such a scheme where the scheme contains control provisionspreventing multiple occupation without registration.

The amount which may be charged is at the discretion of theauthority, subject to a maximum of—

(a)

in the case of such a notification, £40, or

(b)

in the case of such an application, £30 multiplied by thenumber of rooms in the house available as sleeping accommodation.