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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 8 of the Rent Act 1977 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 excepts from the definition of “protected tenancy” and “assured tenancy” in section 1 of the respective Acts a tenancy granted to a student, or prospective student, at an educational institution specified for the purposes of the said section 8 or paragraph 8 by regulations if the tenancy is granted by such an institution or by a body so specified.

These Regulations consolidate the Regulations specifying institutions and bodies for the purposes of section 8 and specifies the same and certain other institutions and bodies for the purposes of the said paragraph 8.