{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-345",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-345.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/68",
  "legislation_title": "Housing Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985",
  "path": "section/345",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "345",
  "heading": "Meaning of “multiple occupation”.",
  "text": "In this Part “house in multiple occupation” means a house which is occupied by persons who do not form a single household.\n(2) For the purposes of this section “house”, in the expression “house in multiple occupation”, includes any part of a building which—\n(a) apart from this subsection would not be regarded as a house; and\n(b) was originally constructed or subsequently adapted for occupation by a single household;\nand any reference in this Part to a flat in multiple occupation is a reference to a part of a building which, whether by virtue of this subsection or without regard to it, constitutes a house in multiple occupation.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 345(2) added by Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42, SIF 61), s. 165(1)(c), Sch. 9 Pt. III para. 44"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/345",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:47.243826+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}