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Print="false"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/pdfs/asc_20260010_en.pdf" Date="2026-05-20" Size="2606761" Print="false"/><ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/pdfs/asc_20260010_mi.pdf" Date="2026-05-20" Size="3428475" Language="Mixed" Print="true"/></ukm:Alternatives><ukm:Statistics><ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="87"/><ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="62"/><ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="25"/><ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/><ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/></ukm:Statistics></proprietary></meta><body eId="body"><part eId="part-3"><num>PART 3</num><heading>REGULATION OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION</heading><chapter eId="part-3-chapter-3"><num>CHAPTER 3</num><heading>REGULATED VISITOR ACCOMMODATION: CONTRACT TERMS</heading><hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-3-chapter-3-crossheading-contractual-terms-and-fitness-for-visitor-accommodation"><heading>Contractual terms and fitness for visitor accommodation</heading><section eId="section-38" uk:target="true"><num>38</num><heading>Visitor accommodation contracts</heading><subsection eId="section-38-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>For the purposes of this Chapter, a contract is a “visitor accommodation contract” if the contract entitles an individual (“a visitor”), to reside in or at regulated visitor accommodation for no more than 31 nights (whether or not those nights are consecutive).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-38-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>In subsection (1), “<term refersTo="#term-visitor-accommodation-contract" eId="term-visitor-accommodation-contract">visitor accommodation contract</term>” does not include—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a contract of service,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>a contract of apprenticeship, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-38-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>a contract for services under which a person entitled to reside in or at the regulated visitor accommodation provides a service to the VAP.</p></content></level></subsection></section></hcontainer></chapter></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>