The Housing (Approval of a Code of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/2345
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing (Approval of a Code of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st October 2008.

(2) This Order shall apply in relation to premises in England only.

Section 2 Approval of code of practice

The ANUK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments, which is dated 28th August 2008 and which lays down standards of conduct and practice to be followed with regard to the management of—

(a) houses in multiple occupation that are occupied solely or principally by persons who occupy them for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education ; or

(b) buildings falling within paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (buildings occupied by students) ,

is approved for the purposes of section 233 of that Act.

Section 3 Withdrawal of approval of code of practice

(1) The approval of the Accreditation Network UK /Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments dated 20th February 2006 (“the 2006 Code ”) is withdrawn.

(2) The Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (England) Order 2006 , which approved the 2006 Code, is amended by the omission of paragraph 2(2)(b).