{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-25.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1996/725",
  "legislation_title": "The Business Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/business-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-1996",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Agreements to surrender tenancies",
  "text": "Notwithstanding Article 24, an agreement to surrender a tenancy to which this Order applies is valid if (and only if)—\n(a) the agreement is entered into at a time when the tenant is in possession of the holding; and\n(b) the agreement is approved by the Lands Tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/725/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:57.311526+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}