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Exempted Houses.
2. In either of the following cases a lodging-house shall be
exempt from the operation of these by-laws; that is to say—
(a) Where the rent or charge payable by each lodger,
and exclusive of any charge for the use by the lodger of
any furniture, is at the rate of not less than ten shillings
per week.
(b) Where the rent or charge payable by each lodger,
and inclusive of any charge for the use by the lodger of any
furniture, is at a rate of not less than twelve shillings and
sixpence per week.
3. A lodger in a lodging-house, and, subject to the provisions
of these by-laws, the tenant of the lodging-house shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will
admit of the provision of three hundred cubic feet of free air space
for each person of an age exceeding ten years, and of one hundred
and fifty cubic feet of free air space for each person of an age not
exceeding ten years, to occupy, at any one time, as a sleeping
apartment, a room which is used exclusively for that purpose,
and which, in the case of the lodger, has been let to that lodger.
4. A lodger in a lodging-house, and, subject to the provisions
of these by-laws, the tenant of the lodging-house shall not
knowingly cause or suffer a greater number of persons than will
admit of the provision of four hundred cubic feet of free air space
for each person of an age exceeding ten years, and of two hundred
cubic feet of free air space for each person of an age not exceeding
ten years to occupy, at any one time, as a sleeping apartment, a
room which is not used exclusively for that purpose, and which, in
the case of the lodger, has been let to that lodger.
5. The tenant of a lodging-house, within a period of fourteen
days after he has been required by a notice in writing, signed by
the Medical Officer of Health to the Council and duly served upon
or delivered to the tenant, to supply the information necessary for
the registration of the lodging-house by the Council, shall, himself,
or by his agent duly authorised in that behalf, sign and furnish to
the Council a true statement of the following particulars with
respect to the lodging-house; that is to say—