Occupants / Occupation / Actual Occupation
- Occupants of a property include all those residing or entitled to reside there. They are, or are entitled, or deemed to be in occupation.
- Students do not lose their Council Tax exemption merely because they are not present, e.g. due to their return to parental homes during vacations.
- Actual occupation is a precise legal landlaw term to determine whether or not a person was in actual occupation at a relevant time, despite perhaps temporarily reluctantly residing elsewhere such as a hospital or old persons home whilst making occassional return visits to the home with the intention to return ultimately. See: Link Lending Ltd v Susan Bustard 2010 See s. 70 (1) (g) of the Land Registration. Act 1925 as amended in 2002.
- See also overriding interests.
Published: 11 November 2013
Last Updated: 17 November 2021