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RENT (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 32



32.(1) Where

(a)a protected or statutory tenancy subsists in a dwelling-house; and

(b)the landlord under that tenancy intends to carry out any works in relation
to the dwelling-house,

(2) An application under paragraph (1)

(a)shall be accompanied by plans and specifications of the relevant works and
an estimate of their cost; and

(b)shall state the name of the tenant under the regulated tenancy.

(3) Where an application is made to a rent assessment committee under
paragraph (1), the committee shall determine what an appropriate rent would be
if the works shown in the plans and specifications were carried out and issue
a certificate of future rent specifying the amount of that rent.

(4) An application for a certificate of future rent shall be dealt with by a
rent assessment committee as if it were an application for the determination
of an appropriate rent.

(5) If, on an application in that behalf, it is shown to the satisfaction of a
rent assessment committee after it issues a certificate of future rent

(a)that the works specified in the relevant application have been carried out;
and

(b)that the dwelling-house is then in the state in which it would be expected
to be after the carrying out of the works; and

(c)that the cost of the works was that specified in the relevant application
under paragraph (1),

(6) Where, on an application under paragraph (5), a rent assessment committee
is satisfied as mentioned in that paragraph, it shall notify the persons
referred to in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 4 of Schedule 6 as if the rent
specified in the certificate of future rent had been determined under that
paragraph and sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph shall apply accordingly.

(7) Where, on an application under paragraph (5), a rent assessment committee
is satisfied

(a)as mentioned in paragraph (5)(a) and (b), and

(b)that the cost of the works was different to that specified in the relevant
application under paragraph (1),

(8) Schedule 6 shall, with any necessary modifications, apply to an
application under any provision of this Article as if it were an application
for the determination of an appropriate rent.



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