This Statutory Instrument has been made in part to correct errors in S.I. 2022/197 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 947
Housing, England
The Student Accommodation (Codes of Management Practice and Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2024
Made
9th September 2024
Laid before Parliament
12th September 2024
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 233(1) and (4) and 250(2) of, and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 14 to, the Housing Act 2004(1).
The Secretary of State has taken reasonable steps to consult the persons mentioned in section 233(2)(b) of that Act and is satisfied as to publication arrangements as required by section 233(3) of that Act.
[F1PART A1 GeneralF1]
Citation, [F2commencement, extent and applicationF2] I1
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Student Accommodation (Codes of Management Practice and Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2024.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 15th October 2024 subject to paragraph (3).
(3) Regulation 5(2)(b) comes into force on 15th January 2025.
(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales [F3and apply in relation to accommodation in EnglandF3] .
PART 1 Codes of Management Practice for Student Accommodation
Application of this Part
F42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Approval of [F5codesF5] of practiceI2
3.—(1) The [F6codesF6] of practice mentioned in paragraph (2), which [F7layF7] 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), [F8areF8] approved for the purposes of section 233 of the Housing Act 2004.
[F9 (2) The codes of practice are—
(a)ANUK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for student accommodation managed and controlled by educational establishments dated 5th September 2024;
(b)Universities UK/GuildHE Accommodation Code of Practice for Student Housing dated 11th March 2025.F9]
Revocations and savingsI3
4.—(1) The following orders are revoked—
(a)the Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2019(2);
(b)the Housing (Approval of Code of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2022(3).
(2) Notwithstanding the revocations made by paragraph (1), the following [F10code of practice continuesF10] to be approved for the purposes of section 233 of the Housing Act 2004—
F11(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)the Accreditation Network UK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Not Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments dated 28th February 2022(4).
F12(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 2 F13... Specified Educational Establishments
[F14Educational establishments specified for certain purposes of the Housing Act 2004
4A. An educational establishment is specified for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (buildings occupied by students) if it is listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.F14]
Amendment of the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2019
F155. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
9th September 2024
Regulation 4A
[F16SCHEDULE Educational establishments specified for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004
Academy of Live Technology Ltd
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Bath Spa University
Birmingham City University International College
Birmingham Newman University
Bishop Grosseteste University
Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford
Blackpool and the Fylde College
Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation
Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Brunel University London
Buckinghamshire New University
Canterbury Christ Church University
Chichester College Group
Christ Church, University of Oxford
Christ’s College, University of Cambridge
Churchill College, University of Cambridge
City St George’s, University of London
Clare College, University of Cambridge
Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford
Corpus Christi, University of Cambridge
Coventry University
Cranfield University
Darwin College, University of Cambridge
De Montfort University
Downing College, University of Cambridge
Edge Hill University
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge
Exeter College, University of Oxford
Falmouth Exeter Plus, Falmouth University and the University of Exeter
Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge
Foundation for International Education
Girton College, University of Cambridge
Goldsmiths’ College
Gonville and Caius, University of Cambridge
Green Templeton College, University of Oxford
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Harper Adams University
Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
Hartpury University
Hertford College, University of Oxford
Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Imperial College London of Science, Technology and Medicine
Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Jesus College, University of Oxford
Keble College, University of Oxford
Kellogg College, University of Oxford
King’s College London
King’s College, University of Cambridge
Kingston University
Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds Trinity University
Linacre College, University of Oxford
Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Liverpool Hope University
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
London South Bank University
Loughborough College
Loughborough University
Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge
Magdalen College, University of Oxford
Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
Manchester Metropolitan University
Mansfield College, University of Oxford
Merton College, University of Oxford
Middlesex University Higher Education Corporation
Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
New College, University of Oxford
Newnham College, University of Cambridge
Norwich University of the Arts
Nottingham Trent University
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Oriel College, University of Oxford
Oxford Brookes University
Pembroke College, University of Cambridge
Pembroke College, University of Oxford
Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
Queen Mary, University of London
Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
Regents Park College, University of Oxford
Robinson College, University of Cambridge
Roehampton University
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College
Reuben College, University of Oxford
SCIO – Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford
Selwyn College, University of Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
Somerville College, University of Oxford
Southampton Solent University
St Anne’s College, University of Oxford
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge
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 Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge
St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford
St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford
St John’s College, University of Cambridge
St John’s College, University of Durham
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
Teesside University
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford
The Edward James Foundation Limited
The Queen’s College, University of Oxford
The Royal Agricultural University
The Royal Veterinary College
The University of Bath
The University of Birmingham
The University of Buckingham
The University of Chichester
The University of Cumbria
The University of East Anglia
The University of Essex
The University of Hull
The University of Lancaster
The University of Leeds
The University of Leicester
The University of Liverpool
The University of Manchester
The University of Reading
The University of Sheffield
The University of Surrey
The University of Warwick
The University of Westminster
Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Trinity College, University of Oxford
Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
University College Birmingham
University College London
University College, University of Oxford
University for the Creative Arts
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Central Lancashire
University of Chester
University of Derby
University of Durham
University of East London
University of Exeter
University of Gloucestershire
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation
University of Keele
University of Kent
University of Lincoln
University of London
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
University of Northampton, the
University of Nottingham, the
University of Plymouth
University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation
University of Southampton
University of Staffordshire
University of St Mark & St John
University of Sunderland
University of Sussex
University of the Arts, London
University of the West of England, Bristol
University of Winchester
University of Wolverhampton
University of Worcester
University of York
Wadham College, University of Oxford
Warwickshire College
Westminster College, The Cambridge Theological Federation
Williams College, Exeter College, University of Oxford
Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
Wolfson College, University of Oxford
Worcester College, University of Oxford
Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
York St John UniversityF16]
2004 c. 34. For the definition of appropriate national authority see section 261(1) of the Housing Act 2004.
This code was approved by S.I. 2022/198. 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.