Part 10: Letting by Local Authorities of Vacant High-street premises Significant concepts Section 193: Vacancy condition Effect
Subsection (1) sets out the criteria for satisfaction of the vacancy condition on any given day. The premises must be unoccupied on that day and either have been unoccupied for the whole of the previous year or for 366 days within the previous two years.
	Subsection (2) clarifies that days of part-occupation count as full days of occupation in assessing the vacancy condition.
	Subsection (3) allows for days in which premises were unoccupied before this section came into force to count towards the assessment of the vacancy condition.
	Subsection (4) provides that occupation of premises by persons living in premises not designed or adapted for residential use will not count as occupation towards the assessment of the vacancy condition.
	Subsections (5) and (6) give the Secretary of State the power to make regulations to alter the circumstances in which the vacancy condition is satisfied. This alteration must relate to the time during which premises are or have been unoccupied.
	Subsection (7) clarifies that a state of affairs does not amount to occupation of premises for the purpose of assessing the vacancy condition unless it is substantial, sustained and involves the regular presence of people at the premises.