Part 4Additional control provisions in relation to residential accommodation
Chapter 3Overcrowding notices
I1141Requirement as to overcrowding generally
1
The requirement prescribed by this section is that the person on whom the notice is served must refrain from—
a
permitting a room to be occupied as sleeping accommodation otherwise than in accordance with the notice; or
b
permitting persons to occupy the HMO as sleeping accommodation in such numbers that it is not possible to avoid persons of opposite sexes who are not living together as husband and wife sleeping in the same room.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—
a
children under the age of 10 are to be disregarded; and
b
it must be assumed that the persons occupying the HMO as sleeping accommodation sleep only in rooms for which a maximum is set by the notice and that the maximum set for each room is not exceeded.