# Housing Act 2004, Section 141: Requirement as to overcrowding generally

Extent: E+W

(1) The requirement prescribed by this section is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from—
(a) permitting a room to be occupied as sleeping accommodation otherwise than in accordance with the notice; or
(b) permitting persons to occupy the HMO as sleeping accommodation in such numbers that it is not possible to avoid persons of opposite sexes who are not living together as a married couple or civil partners sleeping in the same room.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—
(a) children under the age of 10 are to be disregarded; and
(b) it must be assumed that the persons occupying the HMO as sleeping accommodation sleep only in rooms for which a maximum is set by the notice and that the maximum set for each room is not exceeded.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/34/section/141 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-2004/section-141
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