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"Registered-house" means a
tenement-house entered on the
register of houses kept under
these By-laws.
"Tenement" means any room or
rooms in a tenement-house let
as a dwelling or lodging, or for
the use or occupation of a
tenant.
"Landlord" means the person
(whatever may be the nature or
extent of his interest in the
premises) by whom, or on whose
behalf, such house is let out to
the actual occupiers thereof, or
who for the time being receives,
or is entitled to receive, the profits
arising from such letting.*
"Tenant" means a person to
whom any room or rooms in a
Registered House may have
been let as a lodging or for his
use or occupation.
2.—A Register shall be kept by
the Sanitary Authority of all houses
within the Parish, to which these
By-laws may from time to time be
applied.
3.—The Sanitary Authority shall
cause notice to be served at any
tenement-house with respect to which
it shall be reported on by the Health
Committee of the Sanitary Authority
that such house ought to be registered
under these By-laws and on
the Landlord thereof, or, in case the
Landlord cannot be found, or his
agent or representative, that it is
proposed to register the house under
these By-laws, together with a copy
of these By-laws; and such Landlord,
agent or representative may,
within seven days after the service
of such notice, make any objection
to the Sanitary Authority, in writing,
against such intended registration;
* Public Health (London) Act, 1891,
Section 141.
The expression " master " means
in the case of a building, or part of
a building, a person in occupation of
or having the charge, management,
or control of the building, or part of
the building, and in the case of a
house the whole of which is let
out in separate tenements, or in
the case of a lodging house the whole
of which is let to lodgers, includes the
person receiving the rent payable
by the tenants or lodgers, either on
his own account or as the agent of
another person, and in the case of a
vessel means the master or other
person in charge thereof.