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Residential occupier, means a person who resides or is usually resident in premises used for the purposes of a private dwelling, and having at the relevant date a rateable value not exceeding the specified limit, and who (1) is the occupier of the hereditament which consists of or includes the premises, or (2) is not the occupier of the hereditament which consists of or includes the premises but pays the rates chargeable in respect of the hereditament for the rebate period concerned, and is the spouse or former spouse of a person who is the occupier of the hereditament but does not reside and is not usually resident there, or (3) is not occupier of the hereditament which consists of or includes the premises, but make payments by way of rent in respect of the premises to the occupier of the hereditament or to any other person who is himself a residential occupier, Halsbury's Laws of England, 4th Edn., Vol. 39, p. 173, p. 196.