{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-fees-for-registration-schemes-order-1997/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-fees-for-registration-schemes-order-1997/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/229",
  "legislation_title": "The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Fees for Registration Schemes) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-fees-for-registration-schemes-order-1997",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Maximum Fee",
  "text": "The maximum fee that may be charged by a local housing authority for first registration of a house in multiple occupation under a scheme is—\n(1) in the case of a registration scheme without control provisions, £80; and\n(2) in the case of a registration scheme with control provisions, £60 multiplied by the number of habitable rooms;\nand, for the purposes of paragraph (2) above, a room is habitable if it is of a type normally used in the locality either as a living room or a bedroom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/229/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:26:31.274992+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."
}