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Prospective
(1)In this Part—
“house” means premises—
which are subject to a lease or occupancy arrangement by virtue of which they may be used as a separate dwelling, and
the owner of which would, if not registered in the register maintained by a local authority under section 82(1) of the 2004 Act, be guilty of an offence under subsection (1) of section 93 of that Act (disregarding subsection (3) of that section),
“landlord”, in relation to a house, means the owner of the house.
(2)In this Part references to a house being overcrowded are to be construed according to the definition of overcrowding in section 135 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26); but do not include any house to which the matters mentioned in section 139(2)(a) or (b) of that Act apply.