Commentary on Sections Part 4: Standards of Housing Chapter 2: Suitability for Numbers in Occupation Section 51: Contents of suitability notice
Section 51 directs that a suitability notice must specify what the council considers to be the maximum number of persons by whom the HMO is suitable to be occupied. A suitability notice must contain either the general occupancy requirement or the new residents’ occupancy requirement.  It may also contain a statement of remedial work.