# The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/36/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-specified-educational-establishments-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-3
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