Section 62 amends Schedule 14 to the Housing Act 2004 (buildings which are not HMOs) by inserting a new paragraph 3A (buildings occupied by students: England). In particular, the new paragraph gives the Secretary of State a power to specify educational establishments exempt from HMO licensing by reference to their membership of an approved code of practice, and the power can be exercised in the same way for private purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in future.
	Specifying an exemption by reference to an approved code negates the need to lay regulations to add or remove specified bodies to a list and prevents unnecessary delays in exemptions being granted or removed. The power will allow for the scope of the exemption to be narrowed to certain groups of building or manager within the membership, if required.
	The amendment will also remove a dependency so that if a private provider has been granted an exemption from HMO licensing, they will not lose their exemption from licensing if an educational establishment loses their specified status.
Part 1: Tenancy reform Chapter 7: Miscellaneous Section 62: Student accommodation that is not an HMO Effect