The Act Qualifying individuals Meaning of “household”
11.“Household” is defined in section 5 of the Act. For an individual to be classed as being in the same household as a miner for the purposes of the pardon, the individual must have lived with the miner as a family or other unit. It does not matter whether the individual and the miner were related so, for example, a group of friends who rented a flat together would constitute a household. A lodger could count as a member of a household if the lodger was living as “one of the family”.
12.The individual and the miner must have been living in a private dwelling that was their only or main residence and they must have shared cooking facilities and shared a living room or sitting room or dining area.