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Section 787 Meaning of “residence”

(1)

In this Chapter “residence” means—

(a)

a building, or part of a building, occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate residence, or

(b)

a caravan or houseboat.

(2)

If a building, or part of a building, designed for permanent use as a single residence is temporarily divided into two or more separate residences, it is still treated as a single residence.

Notes on Part 7

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Pt. 7 heading substituted (16.12.2010) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 36 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 34 (with Sch. 1 para. 37)