137 The space standard

137  The space standard

(1)     The space standard is contravened when the number of persons sleeping in a house is in excess of the permitted number, having regard to the number and floor area of the rooms of the house available as sleeping accommodation.

(2)     For this purpose—

(a)     no account shall be taken of a child under the age of one and a child aged one or over but under 10 shall be reckoned as one-half of a unit, and

(b)     a room is available as sleeping accommodation if it is of a type

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