Section 99: Meaning of "house" etc.

Housing Act 2004 · 2004 c. 34View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Selective licensing of other residential accommodation

In this Part—

  • "dwelling" means a building or part of a building occupied or intended to be occupied as a separate dwelling;

  • "house" means a building or part of a building consisting of one or more dwellings;

and references to a house include (where the context permits) any yard, garden, outhouses and appurtenances belonging to, or usually enjoyed with, it (or any part of it).

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