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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/body" NumberOfProvisions="62" NumberFormat="default" TerritorialApplication="W" RestrictExtent="E+W" RestrictStartDate="2026-04-28"><Part DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/part/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/part/3" NumberOfProvisions="37" id="part-3" TerritorialApplication="W" RestrictExtent="E+W" Match="false" Status="Prospective"><Number>PART 3</Number><Title>REGULATION OF VISITOR ACCOMMODATION</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/part/3/chapter/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/part/3/chapter/3" NumberOfProvisions="4" Match="false" Status="Prospective" id="part-3-chapter-3" RestrictExtent="E+W" TerritorialApplication="W"><Number>CHAPTER 3</Number><Title>REGULATED VISITOR ACCOMMODATION: CONTRACT TERMS</Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/part/3/chapter/3/crossheading/contractual-terms-and-fitness-for-visitor-accommodation" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/part/3/chapter/3/crossheading/contractual-terms-and-fitness-for-visitor-accommodation" NumberOfProvisions="2" Match="false" Status="Prospective" id="part-3-chapter-3-crossheading-contractual-terms-and-fitness-for-visitor-accommodation" RestrictExtent="E+W" TerritorialApplication="W"><Title>Contractual terms and fitness for visitor accommodation</Title><P1group Match="false" Status="Prospective" RestrictExtent="E+W" TerritorialApplication="W"><Title>Visitor accommodation contracts</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2026/10/section/38" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asc/2026/10/section/38" id="section-38">
<Pnumber PuncAfter=""><CommentaryRef Ref="key-769e2c01f5c5c8b5ed2f3abda11fb1e1"/>38</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>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).</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>In subsection (1), “<Term id="term-visitor-accommodation-contract">visitor accommodation contract</Term>” does not include—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>a contract of service,</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>a contract of apprenticeship, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>a contract for services under which a person entitled to reside in or at the regulated visitor accommodation provides a service to the VAP.</Text>
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