The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Fees for Registration Schemes) Order 1997

• Citation: S.I. 1997/229
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Fees for Registration Schemes) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 3rd March 1997.

Section 2 Maximum Fee

The maximum fee that may be charged by a local housing authority for first registration of a house in multiple occupation under a scheme is—

(1) in the case of a registration scheme without control provisions, £80; and

(2) in the case of a registration scheme with control provisions, £60 multiplied by the number of habitable rooms;

and, for the purposes of paragraph (2) above, a room is habitable if it is of a type normally used in the locality either as a living room or a bedroom.

Section 3 Transitional Provisions

Where—

(1) a house in multiple occupation to which a registration scheme (“the new scheme”) applies is already registered under a scheme which is to be revoked by the registration scheme, and

(2) a fee has been paid to the local housing authority on its registration under the revoked scheme in the five year period prior to the date the new scheme comes into force,

then the fee paid shall be deducted from the fee payable to the local housing authority under the new scheme.