The Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 38

Landlord And Tenant, England

The Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013

Made

11th January 2013

Laid before Parliament

16th January 2013

Coming into force

11th February 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988(1).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 11th February 2013.

Amendment of the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) Regulations 1998

2.  In Schedule 2 to the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) Regulations 1998(2)—

(a) omit “University of Leicester Students’ Union”; and

(b) insert at the appropriate place “Student Union Lettings limited”.

David Willetts

Minister of State for Universities and Science

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

11th January 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend Schedule 2 to the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) Regulations 1998 so that Student Union Lettings Limited is specified for the purpose of paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 instead of University of Leicester Students’ Union. This amendment is to reflect the fact that letting services previously provided by University of Leicester Students’ Union are now being undertaken by Student Union Lettings Limited, a joint venture between University of Leicester Students’ Union and University of De Montfort Students’ Union. The effect of the specification is that a tenancy granted by the body in question to a student at an educational institution specified in the 1988 Regulations is not an assured tenancy for the purposes of the 1988 Act.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for these Regulations as they will have no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary sectors. The impact on the public sector is minimal. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.

(1)

1988 c.50.

(2)

S.I. 1998/1967 as amended by S.I. 1999/1803, S.I. 1999/2268, S.I. 2000/2706 and S.I. 2009/1825; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.