UK Act of Parliament 1992 c. 1725 United Kingdom

The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 1 of 7 obligations carry imprisonment (3 months). 1 carries different penalties and 5 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4 Landlord2

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Landlord — also bound by 224 other Acts
Housing Act 1985 55 duties
Housing Act 1996 30 duties

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.art013 Disposal of land: registered housing associations Regulated
  • Notify the Department of land disposals or mortgages within 28 daysLandlord
s.art019 Accounts and audit Regulated
  • Comply with accounting, audit and reporting requirementsAny Person
s.art023 Inquiries into affairs of registered housing associations Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with housing association inquiry noticeAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.art024 Extraordinary audit for purposes of inquiry Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Department may demand an extra audit for a housing association under inquiryCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art025 Department's power to act for protection of registered housing associations Imprisonment
  • Contravene order freezing housing association fundsAny Person
s.art030 Payments by registered housing associations to members, Regulated
  • Do not make gifts or dividend payments to members or their familiesLandlord
s.art031 Payments and grant of benefits by registered housing associations Regulated
  • Do not make payments or grant benefits to committee members, officers, employees or their close relativesAny Person
87 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Title and commencement
s.art002 General interpretation
s.art003 Part II: Interpretation
s.art004 Functions of the Department
s.art005 Power of housing trusts to hold land
s.art006 Borrowing by housing associations
s.art006 Realisation of value of Department's loans portfolio
s.art007 Recovery of possession of premises let by a housing association
s.art008 Rents
s.art009 Tenancy agreements, etc.
s.art010 Persons eligible for housing accommodation
s.art011 Guidance as to management of accommodation by registered housing associations
s.art012 Acquisition of land
s.art013 Disposal of land: unregistered housing associations
s.art014 The register of housing associations
s.art015 Eligibility for registration
s.art016 Registration
s.art017 Removal of societies from the register
s.art018 Notifications to and by the registrar
s.art020 Enforcement of Article 19
s.art021 General power to obtain information
s.art021 Enforcement of notice to provide information, &c.
s.art021 Disclosure of information to the Department
s.art021 Disclosure of information by the Department
s.art022 Tax relief grants
s.art026 Transfer of land of registered housing associations
s.art027 Winding up of registered housing associations
s.art028 Transfer of net assets on dissolution of registered housing associations
s.art029 Restrictions on exercise of certain powers of registered housing associations
s.art032 Great Britain societies
s.art033 Payment of housing association grants by the Executive
s.art033 Payment of grants to designated associations
s.art034 Revenue deficit grants
s.art035 Recovery, etc. of grants
s.art036 Determinations under this Part
s.art037 Surplus rental income
s.art073 Replacement grants
s.art074 Repairs grants towards costs of meeting certain statutory repairing obligations in respect of dwelling-houses
s.art075 Meaning of “multiple occupation”
s.art075 Interpretation of other expressions used in this Part
s.art075 Registration scheme for houses in multiple occupation
s.art075 Contents of registration scheme
s.art075 Control provisions
s.art075 Control provisions: decisions on applications and appeals
s.art075 Control provisions: other decisions and appeals
s.art075 Special control provisions
s.art075 Special control provisions: general provisions as to decisions and appeals
s.art075 Special control provisions: occupancy directions
s.art075 Special control provisions: decisions and appeals relating to occupancy directions
s.art075 Special control provisions: “relevant management failure”
s.art075 Offences in connection with registration schemes
s.art075 Steps required to inform public about registration scheme
s.art075 Power to require information for purposes of scheme
s.art076 Overcrowding in houses in multiple occupation
s.art077 Date of operation of notices
s.art078 Regulations prescribing management code
s.art079 Power to require work to make good neglect of proper standards of management
s.art080 Power to require execution of works to render premises fit for number of occupants
s.art081 Further provisions relating to overcrowded houses
s.art082 Means of escape from fire
s.art083 Right of appeal against notice requiring execution of works
s.art084 Carrying out of works by the Executive
s.art085 Directions to prevent or reduce overcrowding in houses in multiple occupation
s.art086 Supplemental provisions
s.art087 Penalty for failure to execute works
s.art088 Power of Executive to make housing management scheme
s.art089 Resettlement of undertakings
s.art091 Continuance of certain powers to deal with unoccupied premises
s.art092 Further powers of the Executive in connection with acquisition and disposal of land
s.art093 Compensation in respect of vesting orders, clearance orders, demolition orders and closing orders
s.art094 Winding up of home purchase assistance scheme
s.art096 House sales scheme
s.art097 Amendments relating to defective housing
s.art098 Regulated tenancy standards
s.art099 Department's power to remove tenancies from register of rents
s.art100 Reduction of rent on failure to comply with certificate of disrepair
s.art101 Service of documents under Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
s.art102 Other amendments of Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
s.art103 Powers of Executive and Department as respects provision of services and assistance for owners and occupiers of houses
s.art104 Service of certain documents
s.art105 Repeal of Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts
s.art106 Orders and regulations
s.art107 Minor and consequential amendments
s.art108 Repeals, transitional provisions and savings
s.paragraph/p1 Pt.III Ch. 1 (Arts. 38‐72) rep. by 2003 NI 2...
s.paragraph/p10 Article 95—Amendments
s.paragraph/p7 Article 90—Amendment
Schedules

Schedules

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33 other schedules
s.sch001 References to the Department or to the council shall be construed as references to the...
s.sch001 In paragraph 12— (a) in sub-paragraph (1) omit the words “such” and “as may be...
s.sch001 In paragraph 14(1) omit the words “in the prescribed form”.
s.sch001 In paragraph 15(1) for the words “in the prescribed form” substitute the words “in such...
s.sch001 Omit paragraph 19.
s.sch001 Omit paragraph 20(2).
s.sch001 References to Schedule 6 to the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 shall be construed...
s.sch001 Omit paragraph 1 of that Schedule.
s.sch001 In paragraph 2 of that Schedule— (a) for the words “notice of application” substitute “notice...
s.sch001 In paragraph 3(1)(b) for the words in brackets substitute “if the Department thinks it necessary...
s.sch001 In paragraph 4 omit the words from “and may provide” onwards.
s.sch001 In paragraph 5— (a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a) omit the words “in the prescribed form and...
s.sch001 In paragraph 6(2) for the words “fund out of which the expenses of the council...
s.sch001 In paragraph 11(3) omit the words “in the prescribed form”.
s.sch002 For the purposes of Article 13A “grant-aided land” means land— (a) in respect of which...
s.sch002 The payments referred to in paragraph 1(a) are contributions which became payable before 10th November...
s.sch002 The loans referred to in paragraph 1(b) are— (a) loans under section 14 of the...
s.sch003 (1) No repairs grant shall be paid by the Executive unless an application is made...
s.sch003 (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the Executive shall not approve an application for...
s.sch003 (1) Where the Executive approves an application for a repairs grant, it shall determine the...
s.sch003 (1) In this Schedule “the appropriate percentage” (which is relevant for determining the grant or...
s.sch003 If the Executive— (a) does not approve an application for a repairs grant, or (b)...
s.sch004 Subject to Article 80, if it appears to the Executive that a house in multiple...
s.sch004 Chapter II of Part III of the Order of 1981 shall apply to a closing...
s.sch004 There shall be included in the matters which are required to be registered in the...
s.sch004 (1) The Executive may serve a notice on any person on whom a notice may...
s.sch004 If it appears to the Executive that the means of escape from fire would be...
s.sch004 The Executive may secure that part of the house is not used for human habitation...
s.sch004 For the purpose of securing that a part of the house is not used for...
s.sch004 If the Executive does not accept an undertaking under paragraph 5 with respect to a...
s.sch004 Any person who, knowing that an undertaking has been accepted under paragraph 5, uses the...
s.sch004 The Executive shall, before serving a notice, accepting an undertaking or making a closing order...
s.sch004 Nothing in the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall prevent possession being obtained of any...

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