1. These Regulations may be cited as the Assured and Protected Tenancies (Lettings to Students) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 15th January 1989.

2. In these Regulations-

"assisted" has the same meaning as in section 114(2)(b) of the Education Act 1944(3);

"further education" means-

but does not include higher education;

"higher education" means education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988(4);

"publicly funded" shall mean that the relevant institution is-

"the relevant enactments" means section 8 of the Rent Act 1977 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 (lettings to students).

3. The following institutions are hereby specified as educational institutions for the purposes of the relevant enactments, that is to say-

(a)any university or university college and any constituent college, school or hall or other institution of a university;

(b)any other institution which provides further education or higher education or both and which is publicly funded;

(c)the David Game Tutorial College, London.

4. The following bodies of persons (whether unincorporated or bodies corporate) are hereby specified as bodies for the purposes of the relevant enactments, that is to say-

(a)the governing body of any educational institution specified in Regulation 3 above;

(b)the body, other than a local education authority, providing any such educational institution, and

(c)a body listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

5. The Protected Tenancies (Exceptions) Regulations 1986(6) and the Protected Tenancies (Exceptions) (Amendment) Regulations 1988(7) are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULESPECIFIED BODIES UNDER REGULATION 4(C)

AFSIL Limited

Birmingham Friendship Housing Association

Bishop Creighton House, London

Carrs Lane Church Centre, Birmingham

Ducane Housing Association Limited

The City University Students' Union

Hamtun Housing Association Limited, Southampton

Hull Students Welfare Association

International Students Housing Society, Woolwich

International Students Trust, London

Leicester University Students Union

London House for Overseas Graduates, London

Oxford Overseas Student Housing Association Limited

Oxford Polytechnic Housing Association Limited

St Thomas More Housing Society Limited, Oxford

Student Homes Limited, London

The University of Sussex Catholic Chaplaincy Association

Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship, London

Wandsworth Students Housing Association Limited

York Housing Association Limited

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 8 of the Rent Act 1977 and paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 1988 excepts from the definition of "protected tenancy" and "assured tenancy" in section 1 of the respective Acts a tenancy granted to a student, or prospective student, at an educational institution specified for the purposes of the said section 8 or paragraph 8 by regulations if the tenancy is granted by such an institution or by a body so specified.

These Regulations consolidate the Regulations specifying institutions and bodies for the purposes of section 8 and specifies the same and certain other institutions and bodies for the purposes of the said paragraph 8.