{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-charges-for-registration-schemes-regulations-1991/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-charges-for-registration-schemes-regulations-1991/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/982",
  "legislation_title": "The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Charges for Registration Schemes) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-charges-for-registration-schemes-regulations-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations enable local housing authorities to make chargesfor dealing with—\n(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\n(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.\nThe amount which may be charged is at the discretion of theauthority, subject to a maximum of—\n(a) in the case of such a notification, £40, or\n(b) in the case of such an application, £30 multiplied by thenumber of rooms in the house available as sleeping accommodation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/982/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:35.102614+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."
}