# Housing Act 1985, Section 402: No person to keep a common lodging house unless registered.

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No person shall keep a common lodging house, or receive a lodger in a common lodging house, unless he is registered as the keeper of the house under this Part.
Provided that, when the registered keeper of a common lodging house dies, his widow or any other member of his family may, for a period not exceeding four weeks from his death or such longer period as the local housing authority may sanction, keep the common lodging house without being registered as the keeper.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/68/section/402 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1985/section-402
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