{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-prescribed-description-england-order-2018/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-prescribed-description-england-order-2018/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (Prescribed Description) (England) Order 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-prescribed-description-england-order-2018",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Description of HMOs prescribed by the Secretary of State",
  "text": "An HMO is of a prescribed description for the purpose of section 55(2)(a) of the Act if it—\n(a) is occupied by five or more persons;\n(b) is occupied by persons living in two or more separate households; and\n(c) meets—\n(i) the standard test under section 254(2) of the Act;\n(ii) the self-contained flat test under section 254(3) of the Act but is not a purpose-built flat situated in a block comprising three or more self-contained flats; or\n(iii) the converted building test under section 254(4) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 1.10.2018, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/221/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:01:44.520484+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}