HC Deb 09 June 1988 vol 134 c1103

Amendments made: No. 40, in page 20, line 16, leave out from 'occupier' to 'and' in line 19 and insert 'shares any accommodation with the landlord or licensor'.

No. 41, in page 20, line 22, leave out `owner or a member of his family' and insert 'landlord or licensor'.

No. 42, in page 20, line 24, leave out from 'the' to `formed' in line 25 and insert 'shared accommodation'.

No. 43, in page 20, line 25, at end add— `(2A) A tenancy or licence is also excluded if—

  1. (a) under its terms the occupier shares any accommodation with a member of the family of the landlord or licensor:
  2. (b) immediately before the tenancy or licence was granted and also at the time it comes to an end, the member of the family of the landlord or licensor occupied as his only or principal home premises of which the whole or part of the shared accommodation formed part; and
  3. (c) immediately before the tenancy or licence was granted and also at the time it comes to an end, the landlord or licensor occupied as his only or principal home premises in the same building as the shared accommodation and that building is not a purpose-built block of flats.
(2B) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (2A) above, an occupier shares accommodation with another person if he has the use of it in common with that person (whether or not also in common with others) and any reference in those subsections to shared accommodation shall be construed accordingly, and if, in relation to any tenancy or licence, there is at any time more than one person who is the landlord or licensor, any reference in those subsections to the landlord or licensor shall be construed as a reference to any one of those persons.'.

No. 44, in page 20, line 26, leave out 'subsection (2)' and insert 'subsections (2) to (2B)'.

No. 45, in page 20, leave out lines 30 to 34.

No. 46, in page 20, line 36, at end insert `and (d) "purpose-built block of flats" has the same meaning as in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988'.

No. 47, in page 20, line 39, leave out `(2)' and insert `(2A)'.—[Mr. Waldegrave.]

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