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register, calling on him to state in writing, within ten days, for the information of
the Vestry, any reasons why such house should nob be registered. The landlord of
any such house shall, within a period of ten days after he shall have been required
by the Vestry, by a notice in writing signed by the Clerk to the Vestry, and
served upon such landlord, to supply the information necessary for the registration
of such house by the Vestry, attend, personally, or by his agent duly authorised in
that behalf, at the office of the Vestry during office hours, and then and there
furnish and sign a true statement of the following particulars with respect to such
house, that is to say—
(a) The total number of rooms in the house.
(b) The total number of rooms let in lodgings or occupied by members
of more than one family.
(c) The manner of use of each room.
(d) The number, age, and sex, of the occupants of each room used for
sleeping.
Within a reasonable time after the receipt by the Vestry of the statement
hereinbefore referred to, the Clerk to the Vestry shall register the house mentioned
in such statement in a book to be provided by the Vestry, and shall deliver or send
notice of the registration to the owner and to the landlord of the house.
For the purposes of this regulation "Landlord" means the person by whom, or
on whose behalf, a house is let in lodgings, or for occupation by members of more
than one family, or who for the time being receives, or is entitled to receive, the
profits arising from such letting.
NUMBER OF LODGERS.
2. The keeper of a registered house shall not knowingly suffer a greater
number of persons to occupy any room in such house, nor shall a lodger
suffer any room under his control to be occupied by a greater number of
persons—than will allow of air space for each person according to the
following rules:—
(a) The minimum space for each adult in any room in a registered
house which may be occupied as a bedroom only, shall be not
less than 300 cubic feet.
(b) The minimum space for each adult in any room in a registered
house which may be occupied as a sitting room and as a bedroom,
shall be not less than 400 cubic feet.
(c) For the purposes of the foregoing rules, two children under the age
of 12 years may be counted as one adult.
SEPARATION OF THE SEXES.
3. The keeper of a registered house, and any lodger therein, shall not suffer
more than two persons of different sex, if above the age of 12 years, to
occupy the same sleeping room.