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Authority Given by the Scheme
5. Subject to paragraph 4(1), the council are hereby authorised to compile
and maintain a register of —
(a) all houses in existing multiple occupation;
(b) all control provisions houses in respect of which applications
for registration are accepted by them, and to —
(i) register the houses referred to in sub-paragraph (a) of
this paragraph in Part I of the said register and the houses
referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph in Part
II thereof:
(ii) keep the register in such form as will enable the particulars
prescribed in paragraph 10 to be included therein;
and
(iii) issue appropriate forms for the use of persons supplying
information under this scheme, including forms of application
for registration.
Application for Registration or Variation of Registration
of Control Provisions Houses
6. (1) Subject to paragraph 4(1), before any person permits on or after
1st April 1971 multiple occupation of a house to a greater extent than
that mentioned in paragraph 4(3) he shall apply to the council for registration
of the house.
(2) Before any person permits multiple occupation of a house beyond
the number registered for the house he shall apply to the council for variation
of the registration of the house.
Refusal to Register or Vary Registration
7. As respects a control provisions house the council may refuse —
(a) to register or vary the registration of the house on the ground
that the house is unsuitable and incapable of being made
suitable for such occupation as would be permitted by virtue
of the registration or variation; or
(b) to register the house on the ground that the person having
control of the house, or the person intended to be the person
managing the house, is not a fit and proper person.
Registration Subiect to Condition
8. As respects a control provisions house the council may, as a condition
of registering or varying the registration of the house, require that
such works are executed as will make the house suitable for such occupation
as will be permitted by virtue of the registration or variation.
Notification of Reasons for Refusal
9. Where the council refuse under paragraph 7 to register or vary the
registration of a house or require as a condition of such registration or
variation thereof the execution of works as mentioned in paragraph 8,
they shall give the applicant a written statement of their reasons for doing
so.