# Housing Act 1985, Section 325: The room standard.

Extent: E+W

(1) The room standard is contravened when the number of persons sleeping in a dwelling and the number of rooms available as sleeping accommodation is such that two persons of opposite sexes who are not living together as a married couple or civil partners must sleep in the same room.
(2) For this purpose—
(a) children under the age of ten shall be left out of account, and
(b) a room is available as sleeping accommodation if it is of a type normally used in the locality either as a bedroom or as a living room.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/325 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-325
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