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RENT (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - LONG TITLE



[25th July 1978] [{6}Article 18(2)(i) of the Domestic Proceedings (Northern
Ireland) Order 1980| other than such an order made as an interim exclusion
order by virtue of Article 21 of that Order.] B Restricted and regulated
tenancies A> 7. (1) A protected tenancy or a statutory tenancy of a
dwelling-house is for the purposes of this Order a ""restricted tenancy'' if a
restricted rent certificate served, or deemed to have been served, by a
district council under Article 8 has effect in respect of the dwelling-house.
B>(2) Where, immediately before the commencement of this Order C >>( a ) a
tenancy to which the Rent Restriction Acts applied subsisted in a
dwelling-house to which those Acts applied; and C >>( b ) the net annual value
of the dwelling-house is less than #60, Ba restricted rent certificate shall,
subject to Article 9(3), be deemed to have been served under Article 8 on that
commencement on the landlord of that dwelling-house in respect of the
dwelling-house. B>(3) For the purposes of this Order, a ""regulated tenancy''
is a protected or statutory tenancy which is not (either because it never was
or because it has ceased to be) a restricted tenancy. B Restricted and
regulated rent certificates A> 8. (1) A district council shall, if an
application in that behalf is made to it within one year after the
commencement of this Order by the landlord or tenant of a dwelling-house let
on a regulated tenancy, cause the dwelling-house to be inspected with a view
to ascertaining whether it meets the regulated tenancy standards. B>(2) Where,
on an application under paragraph (1), a district council is satisfied that a
dwelling-house C >>( a ) does not meet the regulated tenancy standards, the
council shall issue and serve on the landlord of the dwelling-house a
certificate to that effect (in this Order referred to as a ""restricted rent
certificate''); C >>( b ) meets those standards, the council shall issue and
serve on the landlord of the dwelling-house a certificate to that effect (in
this Order referred to as a ""regulated rent certificate''). B>(3) A
restricted rent certificate C >>( a ) shall, if no appeal is brought to the
county court within the first period specified in Article 11(1), be deemed to
have taken effect on the date on which it was issued; C >>( b ) if such an
appeal is brought, shall, if it is confirmed by the county court, be deemed to
have taken effect on that date. <1878 c.52 ]

on any point of law arising from a decision of a county court under this
Article in respect of a restricted rent certificate, the certificate shall, if
confirmed, be deemed to have had effect on the date on which the certificate
was issued.



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