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StatuteHousing Act 1985

Section 329 — Housing Act 1985: Exception; visiting member of family.

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Exception; visiting member of family. 329 Where the persons sleeping in an overcrowded dwelling include a member of the occupier’s family who does not live there but is sleeping there temporarily, the occupier is not guilty of an offence under section 327 (occupier causing or permitting overcrowding) unless the circumstances are such that he would be so guilty if that member of his family were not sleeping there.

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