Part 7Supplementary and final provisions
Meaning of “house in multiple occupation”
I1259HMOs: persons treated as occupying premises as only or main residence
1
This section sets out when persons are to be treated for the purposes of section 254 as occupying a building or part of a building as their only or main residence.
2
A person is to be treated as so occupying a building or part of a building if it is occupied by the person—
a
as the person’s residence for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education;
b
as a refuge, or
c
in any other circumstances which are circumstances of a description specified for the purposes of this section in regulations made by the appropriate national authority.
3
In subsection (2)(b) “refuge” means a building or part of a building managed by a voluntary organisation and used wholly or mainly for the temporary accommodation of persons who have left their homes as a result of—
a
physical violence or mental abuse, or
b
threats of such violence or abuse,
from persons F1who are or were their spouses or civil partners or with whom they are or were co-habiting.