Regulation 3 Educational establishments of a specified description for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the HMO Act

(1)

Educational establishments of a specified description for the purposes of paragraph 5(1) (a) of Schedule 1 to the HMO Act shall be:—

(a)

any building occupied by students and solely managed by an educational establishment; or

(b)

any purpose built managed student accommodation that is run and managed by a private company for the sole use of full-time students of more than 15 occupants.

(2)

Educational establishments of specified description shall be:—

(a)

signed up to and accepted by a recognised specified accreditation and remain within accreditation without any period of suspension; and

(b)

occupied solely or principally by persons who occupy them for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 1, “managing and having control of” means that the educational establishment or person of a specified description carries the main responsibility for the repair and maintenance of the building and for the day to day landlord tenant relationship.