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The Housing (Fire Safety in Houses in Multiple Occupation) Order 1997
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- 1997 No. 230
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2. For the purposes of this Order:
“flat” means any part of a building which was originally constructed or subsequently adapted for occupation by a single household and “self-contained” means that the flat has for the exclusive use of its occupants the facilities mentioned in section 352(1A)(a) to (c) of the Housing Act 1985(1);
“responsible person” means “the person having control” or “the person managing” which have the same meaning as in section 398 of the Housing Act 1985(2); and
“storey” excludes any storey lying wholly or mainly below the floor level of the principal entrance to the house.
(1)
Subsection (1A) of section 352 was inserted by paragraph 49 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
(2)
Section 398 was amended by section 79(2) of the Housing Act 1996.
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