Dwelling House Regulations, 2024

L.N. 197 of 2024

PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LEASES ACT

(CAP. 604)

Limitation of the Number of Residents who may occupy a Leased

Dwelling House Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 34 of the

Private Residential Leases Act, the Minister responsible for housing

has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Limitation of the Citation and

Number of Residents who may occupy a Leased Dwelling House commencement.

Regulations, 2024.

(2) These regulations shall come into force within two (2)

months from their publication in the Gazette.

(regulation 3)

Permitted residents

Minimum no. of

Minimum no. of

bedrooms

bathrooms

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Unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases Interpretation.

used in these regulations shall have the same meaning as assigned to

them in the Act.

The use of a dwelling house which is leased to a number of Limitation of

residents who would not be living together as a family, irrespective of number

residents.

whether the said dwelling house would have been leased entirely, or by

means of a number of residential spaces, shared by not more than ten

(10) residents living together shall be permitted, provided that the

number of residents, bedrooms and bathrooms correspond to the

Schedule.

(1) For the purpose of determining the number of Declaration by

residents, the Authority shall request the lessor to declare the number lessor.

of bedrooms and bathrooms found within the leased dwelling house.

(2) Any declaration made by the lessor which is not in

conformity with the Schedule shall be considered as a false declaration

in accordance with article 22 of the Act.