2 Approval of code of practice
The code of practice entitled the Universities UK/Guild HE Code of Practice for the Management of Student Housing, which is dated 17th August 2010 and which lays down standards of conduct and practice to be followed with regard to the management of living accommodation comprised in buildings falling within paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Act (buildings occupied by students), is approved for the purposes of section 233 of the Act (approval of codes of practice with regard to the management of HMOsetc).
A copy of this code of practice may be obtained from Universities UK, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ, by e-mailing info@universities.ac.uk or via the internet at www.universitiesUK.ac.uk. A copy of this code of practice has been lodged in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.
By section 233(1)(a) of the Act the appropriate national authority may approve a code of practice laying down standards of conduct and practice to be followed with regard to the management of houses in multiple occupation or of excepted accommodation. Excepted accommodation is defined in section 233(6) of the Act as being such description of living accommodation falling within any provision of Schedule 14 (buildings which are not HMOs for the purposes of provisions other than Part 1 of the Act) as is specified in an order under subsection (1).