{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-specified-educational-establishments-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-specified-educational-establishments-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2019/36",
  "legislation_title": "The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-specified-educational-establishments-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Educational establishments of a specified description for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the HMO Act",
  "text": "(1) Educational establishments of a specified description for the purposes of paragraph 5(1) (a) of Schedule 1 to the HMO Act shall be:—\n(a) any building occupied by students and solely managed by an educational establishment; or\n(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.\n(2) Educational establishments of specified description shall be:—\n(a) signed up to and accepted by a recognised specified accreditation and remain within accreditation without any period of suspension; and\n(b) occupied solely or principally by persons who occupy them for the purpose of undertaking a full-time course of further or higher education.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/36/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:47:33.656757+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}