Statutory Instruments
Housing, England
Made
1st May 2019
Laid before Parliament
7th May 2019
Coming into force
1st June 2019
The Secretary of State makes the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 250(2) of and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004(1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1st June 2019.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
2. An educational establishment is specified for the purpose of paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (buildings occupied by students) where—
(a)it is listed in the Schedule to these Regulations; and
(b)it is a member of—
(i)the ANUK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments dated 1st May 2019(2); or
(ii)the Universities UK/Guild HE Code of Practice for the Management of Student Housing dated 1st May 2019(3).
3. The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2016(4) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Heather Wheeler
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
1st May 2019
Regulation 2
Anglia Ruskin University
Arts University Bournemouth
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Bath Spa University
Birmingham City University
Bishop Grosseteste University
Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Bournemouth University
Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Brunel University
Buckinghamshire New University
Canterbury Christ Church University
Christ Church, University of Oxford
Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
Coventry University
Cranfield University
De Montfort University
Edge Hill University
Exeter College, University of Oxford
Falmouth Exeter Plus
Goldsmiths University of London
Green Templeton College , University of Oxford
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Harper Adams University
Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
Hertford College, University of Oxford
Imperial College London
Jesus College, University of Oxford
Keble College, University of Oxford
Keele University
Kellogg College, University of Oxford
King’s College London
Kingston University
Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Lancaster University
Leeds Trinity University
Linacre College, University of Oxford
Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Liverpool Hope University
London School of Economics (University of London)
London South Bank University
Loughborough University
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Manchester Metropolitan University
Mansfield College, University of Oxford
Merton College, University of Oxford
Middlesex University
New College, University of Oxford
Newcastle University
Newman University
Norwich University of the Arts
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Oriel College, University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
Pembroke College, University of Oxford
Queen Mary (University of London)
Regents Park College, University of Oxford
Richmond, The American International University in London
Roehampton University
Royal Agricultural University
Royal Holloway, University of London
Ruskin College, University of Oxford
Sheffield Hallam University
Solent University
Somerville College, University of Oxford
St Anne’s College, University of Oxford
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
St Benet’s Hall, University of Oxford
St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford
St Chad’s College University of Durham
St Cross College, University of Oxford
St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
St George’s, University of London
St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford
St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
St John’s College Durham (Independent)
St John’s College, University of Oxford
St Mary’s University, Twickenham
St Peter’s College, University of Oxford
St Stephen’s House, University of Oxford
Staffordshire University
The Queen’s College, University of Oxford
Trinity College, University of Oxford
University College Birmingham
University College London
University College Plymouth St Mark and St John
University College, University of Oxford
University for the Creative Arts
University of Bath
University of Bedfordshire
University of Birmingham
University of Bolton
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Buckingham
University of Central Lancashire
University of Chester
University of Cumbria
University of Derby
University of Durham
University of East Anglia
University of East London
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Gloucester
University of Hull
University of Kent
University of Leicester
University of Lincoln
University of Liverpool
University of London
University of Manchester
University of Northampton
University of Nottingham
University of Oxford
University of Plymouth
University of Portsmouth
University of Reading
University of Sheffield
University of Southampton
University of Sunderland
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
University of Teesside
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Warwick
University of Westminster
University of Winchester
University of Wolverhampton
University of Worcester
University of York
Wadham College, University of Oxford
Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Worcester College, University of Oxford
Writtle College
Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
York St John University
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”) lists types of building that are not houses in multiple occupation (“HMOs”) for the purposes of the Act (excluding Part 1, which deals with housing conditions). HMOs are defined in section 254 of the Act. Paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Act refers to any building which is occupied solely or principally by persons who occupy it for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education at a specified educational establishment, or at an educational establishment of a specified description, and where the person managing or controlling the building is the educational establishment in question, or a specified person, or a person of a specified description.
Regulation 2 and the Schedule to these Regulations specify educational establishments. Where a building is managed or controlled by an educational establishment which is listed in the Schedule to these Regulations and that educational establishment is a member of either code of practice referred to in regulation 2(b), then that building is not an HMO for the purposes of the Act (excluding Part 1).
These Regulations revoke the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/420). They replace the list of educational establishments that appeared in the Schedule to those earlier Regulations.
Copies of the codes of practice referred to have been lodged in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.
An impact assessment has not been provided for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.
2004 c.34. The powers conferred by paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”) are exercisable, in England by the Secretary of State. For the definition of appropriate national authority see section 261(1) of the Act.
This code of practice has been approved by the Secretary of State under section 233 of the Act. See S.I. 2019/884. A copy of this code can be obtained from The National Codes Administrator, 155-157 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 3ED, email NationalCodes@unipol.org.uk or online at www.nationalcode.org or www.anuk.org.uk. A copy of this code has been lodged in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.
This code of practice has been approved by the Secretary of State under section 233 of the Act. See S.I. 2019/884.A copy of this code can be obtained from Universities UK, Woburn House, 20 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9HQ, email info@universitiesuk.ac.uk or online at www.universitiesuk.ac.uk. A copy of this code has been lodged in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament.