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.
Citation, commencement and extent
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.
PART 1 Codes of Management Practice for Student Accommodation
Application of this Part
2. This Part applies in relation to accommodation in England.
Approval of code of practice
3. —(1) The code of practice mentioned in paragraph (2), 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 Housing Act 2004.
(2) The code of practice is the Accreditation Network UK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments dated 5th September 2024( 2 ).
Revocations and savings
4. —(1) The following orders are revoked—
(a) the Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2019( 3 );
(b) the Housing (Approval of Code of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2022( 4 ).
(2) Notwithstanding the revocations made by paragraph (1), the following codes of practice continue to be approved for the purposes of section 233 of the Housing Act 2004—
(a) the Universities UK/Guild HE Code of Practice for the Management of Student Housing dated 1st May 2019( 5 );
(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( 6 ).
(3) Notwithstanding the revocation made by paragraph (1)(a), the Accreditation Network UK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments dated 1st May 2019 continues to be approved for the purposes of section 233 of the Housing Act 2004 before 15th January 2025.
PART 2 Amendments Relating to Specified Educational Establishments
Amendment of the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2019
5. —(1)The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (England) Regulations 2019( 7 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(b)—
(a) after “member of” insert “one of the following” ;
(b) omit sub-paragraph (i);
(c) omit sub-paragraph (iii) (and the “and” which precedes it);
(d) at the end insert—
“ (iv) the Accreditation Network UK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments dated 5th September 2024. ” .
(3) In the Schedule—
(a) at the appropriate place insert “Academy of Live Technology” ;
(b) omit “Stranmillis University College”;
(c) omit “The Backstage Academy”.
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
2004 c. 34 . For the definition of appropriate national authority see section 261(1) of the Housing Act 2004.
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 was approved by 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@universities.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.
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.
S.I. 2019/904 , amended by S.I. 2019/1260 , 2022/197 .