{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-england-regulations-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-england-regulations-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/372",
  "legislation_title": "The Management of Houses in Multiple Occupation (England) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/management-of-houses-in-multiple-occupation-england-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n(a) “the Act” means the Housing Act 2004;\n(b) “fixtures, fittings or appliances” are—\n(i) lighting, space heating or water heating appliances;\n(ii) toilets, baths, showers, sinks, or wash basins or any cupboards, shelving or fittings supplied in a bathroom or lavatory;\n(iii) cupboards, shelving or appliances used for the storage, preparation or cooking of food; and\n(iv) washing machines or other laundry appliances; and\n(c) “the manager”, in relation to an HMO, means the person managing the HMO.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 6.4.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the meaning of “person managing” see section 263(3) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/372/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:37:39.121925+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."
}