LODGING HOUSES.
NEW LAW AFFECTING THEM,
(BY TELEGRAPH. —PARLIAMENTARY
REPORTER.)
Well-Noton, this day. It is proposed that the Boarding, and Lodging i:! oases Bill shall come into operation on October lsb. The definition of a lodging-house is: " Any house, tent, or edifice, not being a licensed public house, in which any . three or more persons besides the tenant and his or her family or domestics ordinarily sleep, paying for being allowed to do so." Local authorities are authorised to make by-laws regulating boarding houses, and the penalty for non-registration or neglecting to reporb infectious diseases, neglecting to reporb deaths, bo make a return of lodgers or bo effect sanitary improvements when called upon, is nob exceeding £5 fine and a penalty of £2 per diem. A third offence involves cancellation of license. The Otago Common Lodging Houses Ordinance, 1862, and amendment, 1564, and the .Southland Common Lodging Houses Ordinance, 1563, to be repealed by the Bill.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 181, 1 August 1892, Page 2
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