UK Act of Parliament 1988 c. 1990 United Kingdom

The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 14 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art006 Duty of Executive to formulate a homelessness strategy Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Northern Ireland Housing Executive must publish a homelessness strategyCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art006 Duty of the Executive to provide advice Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must make free homelessness advice availableLocal authority
s.art007 Inquiry into cases of possible homelessness or threatened homelessness Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must investigate homelessness applicationsLocal authority
s.art007 Provision of information by Secretary of State Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Secretary of State must provide housing eligibility information to the ExecutiveCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art008 Interim duty to accommodate in case of apparent priority need Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must provide interim accommodation to apparent priority-need homeless applicantsLocal authority
s.art009 Notification of decision and reasons Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must notify applicants of homelessness decisions and reasonsLocal authority
s.art010 Duties to persons found to be homeless Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must provide accommodation and advice to homeless applicantsLocal authority
s.art011 Duties to persons found to be threatened with homelessness Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must help people threatened with homelessnessLocal authority
s.art013 Protection of property of homeless persons and persons threatened with homelessness Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Executive must protect homeless applicants' personal propertyLocal authority
s.art014 Certain bodies to co‐operate with the Executive Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Health boards, Probation Board and housing associations must co-operateLocal authority
s.art027 Transfer of Executive's mortgages Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must obtain mortgagor consent before transferring mortgage interestLocal authority
s.art029 Scheme for purchase of evacuated dwellings Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must submit and run scheme for buying evacuated homesLocal authority
s.art029 Scheme for emergency grants Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must submit and run emergency grant schemeLocal authority
s.art030 Scheme for emergency house repairs Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Housing Executive must submit scheme for urgent house repairsLocal authority
23 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Title and commencement
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art003 Homelessness and threatened homelessness
s.art004 Meaning of accommodation available for occupation
s.art005 Priority need for accommodation
s.art006 Becoming homeless intentionally
s.art006 Homelessness strategy
s.art006 Articles 6A and 6B: interpretation
s.art007 Persons not eligible for housing assistance
s.art011 Right to request review of decision
s.art011 Procedure on a review
s.art011 Right of appeal to a county court on a point of law
s.art011 Article 11C(5): appeals
s.art012 Provisions supplementary to Articles 8 and 10
s.art015 Financial and other assistance for voluntary organisations concerned with homelessness
s.art016 Transfer of hostels
s.art017 False statements, withholding information and failure to disclose change of circumstances
s.art025 Financing the Executive
s.art026 Re‐development areas
s.paragraph/p1 Arts. 18‐24 rep. by 1992 NI 15
s.paragraph/p3 Art. 28 rep. by 1992 NI 15
s.paragraph/p4 Article 31—Amendments
s.paragraph/p5 Article 32—Repeals
Schedules

Schedules

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4 other schedules
s.sch001 In this Schedule “appointed day” and “persons in need” have the meanings given in Article...
s.sch001 (1) The Department may make a scheme providing for the transfer on the appointed day...
s.sch001 (1) The Department of Health and Social Services may, with the approval of the Department,...
s.sch001 The Department may by order subject to negative resolution make such other transitional provision as...

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