UK Act of Parliament 2006 c. 1459 United Kingdom

The Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated 1 of 12 obligations carry a criminal penalty. 11 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Landlord11 Any Person1

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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.art004 Tenant to be given notice regarding certain matters: grant of tenancy Regulated
  • Provide prescribed notice to tenant within 28 days of granting tenancyLandlord
s.art004 Tenant to be given notice regarding certain matters: variation of certain terms Regulated
  • Give tenant written notice within 28 days of changing a tenancy termLandlord
s.art005 Tenant to be provided with a rent receipt for payment in cash Regulated
  • Provide a written rent receipt for cash payments from tenantsLandlord
s.art005 Requirements relating to tenancy deposits Regulated
  • Protect tenancy deposits in an approved scheme and provide required information to tenantsLandlord
s.art007 Landlord's duties to repair Regulated
  • Keep your rental property and its installations in good repairLandlord
s.art008 Care of premises by tenant Regulated
  • Take proper care of your rental property and keep it in good decorative orderAny Person
s.art009 Landlord's obligations under private tenancy of parts of building Regulated
  • Maintain and ensure safety of common areas used by tenantsLandlord
s.art011 Landlord’s duties: fire, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms Regulated
  • Keep fire, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in working orderLandlord
s.art012 Entry and inspection of premises Regulated
  • Make good any damage caused during entry and inspectionLandlord
s.art033 Landlord's application to have dwelling-house inspected Regulated
  • Apply for inspection of pre-1956 rental properties within 28 daysLandlord
s.art050 Rent in excess of rent limit to be irrecoverable by landlord Regulated
  • Do not record irrecoverable rent as arrears and delete if requestedLandlord
93 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Title and commencement
s.art002 General interpretation
s.art003 Meaning of “private tenancy”
s.art004 Tenant to be given notice regarding certain matters
s.art004 Continued failure by landlord to provide notice under Article 4A or 4B after conviction or fixed penalty
s.art005 Tenancy deposit schemes
s.art005 Rent decreases
s.art005 Restriction on frequency of rent increases
s.art005 Requirement to give written notice of increase
s.art005 Continued failure by landlord to provide rent receipt after conviction or fixed penalty
s.art005 Controlled tenancies: defence to offences under Articles 5 and 5ZA
s.art005 Tenancy deposit limit of 1 month’s rent
s.art005 Breach of tenancy deposit limit: recoverability of excess
s.art006 Application of Articles 7 to 11
s.art010 General qualifications on landlord's duties
s.art011 Standard of repair and knowledge of disrepair
s.art011 Application of Articles 11B to 11F
s.art011 Tenant’s duties: fire, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
s.art011 Landlord’s duties: private tenancy of part of a building
s.art011 General qualification on landlord’s duties
s.art011 Knowledge of disrepair
s.art011 Energy efficiency of dwelling-houses let under a private tenancy
s.art011 Private tenancy energy efficiency regulations: power to create offences
s.art011 Electrical safety standards for dwelling-houses let under a private tenancy
s.art011 Electrical safety standards regulations: power to create an offence
s.art011 Electrical safety standards regulations: other enforcement
s.art013 Tenancies to be for a term certain
s.art014 Length of notice to quit : by landlords
s.art014 Length of notice to quit: by tenants
s.art015 Interpretation: Part III
s.art016 Application of this Part
s.art017 Determining fitness for human habitation
s.art018 Notice of unfitness
s.art019 Notice of disrepair
s.art020 Matters to be taken into consideration by appropriate district council
s.art021 Consultation with the Executive
s.art022 Appeal against notice of unfitness or notice of disrepair
s.art023 Operative date of notice of unfitness or notice of disrepair
s.art024 Offence of failing to comply with notice of unfitness or notice of disrepair
s.art025 Enforcement of notice of unfitness or notice of disrepair
s.art026 Power to require payment for enforcement action
s.art027 Power to enter dwelling-houses
s.art028 Obstruction
s.art029 Repairs grants
s.art030 Interpretation: Part IV
s.art031 Meaning of “prescribed dwelling-house”
s.art032 Interpretation: Chapter II
s.art034 Landlord's application: ancillary provisions
s.art035 Tenant's application to have dwelling-house inspected
s.art036 Functions of the appropriate district council
s.art037 Appeal to county court
s.art038 Cessation of certificate of fitness
s.art039 Interpretation: Chapter III
s.art040 Tenancies subject to rent control
s.art041 The rent officer and rent assessment committees
s.art042 Determination of an appropriate rent
s.art043 Procedure after determination
s.art044 Consideration by a rent assessment committee
s.art045 Change of circumstances
s.art045 Power to amend Articles 42 to 45
s.art046 The register of rents
s.art047 Removal of tenancies from the register of rents
s.art048 The rent limit
s.art049 Increase of rent
s.art051 Recoupment of sums paid in excess of rent limit
s.art052 Recoupment where landlord in default
s.art053 Recoupment of rates,
s.art054 Amounts attributable to services
s.art055 Review of registered rents
s.art056 Tenancies which are protected tenancies
s.art057 No further protected tenancies
s.art058 Premises with a business use
s.art059 Assignment and sub-letting
s.art060 Unlawful eviction, etc.
s.art061 Restriction of statutory tenancy by succession
s.art062 Provision of directions and guidance to district councils
s.art063 Publication of information to assist landlords and tenants
s.art064 Collection of information about tenancies
s.art064 Disclosure of information for purposes of Parts 2 to 4
s.art064 Unauthorised disclosure of information
s.art065 Information as to ownership of dwelling-houses
s.art065 Registration of landlords
s.art066 Service of notices on landlord's agents
s.art067 Method of serving certain documents
s.art068 Prosecution of offences
s.art068 Fixed penalty for certain offences
s.art069 Defective premises
s.art070 Prohibition of agreements excluding Order
s.art071 Application to Crown property
s.art072 Regulations
s.art073 Further provision
s.art074 Minor and consequential amendments
s.art075 Repeals
Schedules

Schedules

1 of 30 shown
s.sch002 (1) For the purposes of considering whether a rent determined... Regulated
  • Fail to give information to rent assessment committeeLandlord
29 other schedules
s.sch001 (1) The Department shall appoint a person to act as...
s.sch001 In addition to the functions conferred on the rent officer...
s.sch001 The Department shall draw up and revise a panel of...
s.sch001 (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the number of...
s.sch001 There shall be paid to the rent officer and to...
s.sch001 The Department may make available to the rent officer and...
s.sch002 Where, within the period specified in paragraph 1(1)(b), or such...
s.sch002 (1) The rent officer shall submit to the rent assessment...
s.sch002 The committee shall make such inquiry (if any) as it...
s.sch003 For the purposes of Article 53, the amount of rates...
s.sch003 In this Schedule “the relevant rating period”, in relation to...
s.sch003 The amount of the rates for any rental period which...
s.sch003 (1) On the making by the Department of Finance and...
s.sch003 (1) If as a result of the alteration of the...
s.sch003 In computing the rates for any rental period for the...
s.sch004 In Schedule 11 (matters requiring to be registered in the...
s.sch004 In Article 94 (subletting or assignment)– (a) in paragraph (1),...
s.sch004 In Part II of Schedule 9 (other amendments of the...
s.sch004 In Schedule 3 (tribunals referred to in Article 9(4) of...
s.sch004 In Article 28(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “rack rent”,...
s.sch004 In Article 60 (restriction on grants for works already begun),...
s.sch004 For the heading of Part II substitute– “ PROTECTED AND...
s.sch004 In Article 4(2) (statutory tenants and tenancies), omit the words...
s.sch004 In Article 49 (prohibition of premiums and loans)–
s.sch004 In Article 73A(1) (method of serving certain documents), for the...
s.sch004 In Article 75(1) (application of Order to Crown property), omit...
s.sch004 (1) Part I of Schedule 4 (grounds for possession of...
s.sch004 In Article 41(3) (repair notices), after “Executive” insert “ shall...
s.sch004 In Article 92(1) (protected shorthold tenancies), after “this Order” insert...

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