Agenda

9.45am - 9.55am

Registration and Coffee  

9.55am - 10.20am

Delegate's Introductions and Issues to Be Flagged by Delegates  

Each session will be allow for intervention, questions and discussion by delegates aside from the time specifically devoted to discussion

10.20am - 11.15am

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs)
• Planning responses to HMOs: the Use Class Order and Subsequent Guidance
• Licensing, its effects and licensing enforcement by local authorities and individuals
• The extension of additional licensing and deemed consent for local schemes
• Joint and several liability issues and changing the AST £25,000 limit

11.15am - 11.25am

Break (tea and coffee available)  

11.25am - 12.25pm

Data Protection, CRB checks and Vulnerable Students
• Changes to CRB check requirements – the Vetting and Barring Scheme
• Fines of up to £500,000 for serious data protection infringements
• Data protection policies for student accommodation providers

12.25pm - 12.50pm

Open Session for Questions and Discussion includes the requirements of Energy Performance Certificates and likely changes

12.50pm - 1.45pm

Lunch (provided)

1.45pm - 2.30pm

Tenancy Deposits
• Are landlords and agents complying with the law? what can be done about those who do not comply?
• An examination of court cases and the penalties applied examples of cases going through adjudication
• Changes in the UKK Approved Code relating to return of deposit timescales

 2.30pm - 3.15pm

Head leasing, Nominations Agreements and Management
• Analysis of contractual structures and relationships who carries liability for statutory compliance?
• Gaps and overlaps in responsibility
• Proposals for regulation of managing agents

3.15pm - 3.30pm

Break (tea and coffee available)

3.30pm – 4.00pm

Smoking and other Drugs
• Smoking in bedrooms, indoor shared areas and within the site perimeter
• Preventing and detecting drug use – is it our role or someone else’s?
• Confiscation – a guide
• Tobacco, alcohol and Under-18s

4.00pm - 4.20pm

General Discussion, Questions and Concluding Remarks