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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Houses in Multiple Occupation (Specified Educational Establishments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2019.
(2) In these Regulations:—
 “the HMO Act” means the Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
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Education establishments specified for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the HMO Act shall be:—
(a) Queen’s University Belfast;
(b) Ulster University;
(c) Stranmillis University College;
(d) St Mary’s University College;
(e) Belfast Metropolitan College;
(f) Northern Regional College;
(g) North West Regional College;
(h) Southern Regional College;
(i) South Eastern Regional College;
(j) South West College; and
(k) College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise.
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(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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The specified description of a person for the purposes of paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the HMO Act shall be the person named in a nomination agreement contained in a recognised specified accreditation.
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The recognised specified accreditations shall be:—
(a) the Universities UK / The Universities UK Code of Practice for University Managed Student Accommodation;
(b) the Accreditation Network / Unipol Code of Standards for Larger Developments for Student Accommodation Managed and Controlled by Educational Establishments; or
(c) any other accreditation approved by the Department for Communities.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 7 March 2019.
(L.S.)David Polley
A senior officer of the
Department for Communities
