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The Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2006

W.S.I. 2006/1709 · Made 27 June 2006

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HOUSING, WALES

Made 27 June 2006

Coming into force 7 July 2006

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by section 233(1) and (4) of the Housing Act 2004f1 and having taken reasonable steps to consult the persons mentioned in section 233(2) (a) and (b), and being satisfied with the publication arrangements in accordance with section 233(3), hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2004 (c. 34). The powers conferred by section 233 of the Housing Act 2004 (“the Act”) are exercisable, as respects Wales, by the National Assembly for Wales and, as respects England, by the Sectretary of State. See the definition of the “appropriate national authority” in section 261(1).

Contents

  1. 1Title, commencement and application
  2. 2Approval of codes of practice
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title, commencement and application

(1)

The title of this Order is The Housing (Approval of Codes of Management Practice) (Student Accommodation) (Wales) Order 2006 and it comes into force on 7 July 2006.

(2)

This Order applies in relation to premises in Wales.

2Approval of codes of practice

(1)

The codes of practice mentioned in paragraph (2) which lay 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 educationf1; or

(b)

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

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

(2)

The codes of practice are—

(a)

the Universities UK/Standing Conference Of Principals Code of Practice for the Management of Student Housing (Wales) dated 16 May 2006f2;

(b)

the Accreditation Network UK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments (Wales) dated 16 May 2006f3; and

(c)

the Accreditation Network UK/Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Not Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments (Wales) dated 16 May 2006f4.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1.

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

27 June 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order approves three codes of practice laying down standards of conduct and practice to be followed with regard to the management of houses in multiple occupation (“HMOs”) and other buildings that are occupied solely or principally by full-time students.

The other buildings mentioned are those falling within paragraph 4 of Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (which provides for a description of building occupied by students which is not a HMO for the purposes of that Act). In the case of these buildings, students who occupy them must do so for the purpose of undertaking full-time education courses at specified educational establishments. The Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) (Wales) Regulations 2006 has been made to specify educational establishments for the purpose of paragraph 4 of Schedule 14.

A full regulatory appraisal of the effects of this Order is available from the Housing Directorate, Department for Social Justice and Regeneration, the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ; e-mail: [email protected]; internet: www.wales.gov.uk