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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-housing-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-41",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110443462",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-housing-northern-ireland-order-2003",
  "path": "article/41",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Renovation grants: certificates required in case of owner’s application",
  "text": "(1) The Executive shall not entertain an owner’s application for a renovation grant unless it is accompanied by an owner-occupation certificate or a certificate of intended letting in respect of the dwelling to which the application relates or, in the case of a conversion application, in respect of each of the dwellings to be provided.\n(2) An “owner-occupation certificate” certifies that the applicant—\n(a) has or proposes to acquire a qualifying owner’s interest, and\n(b) intends that throughout the grant condition period he or a member of his family will live in the dwelling as his (or that member's) only or main residence.\n(3) A “certificate of intended letting” certifies that the applicant—\n(a) has or proposes to acquire a qualifying owner’s interest, and\n(b) intends that throughout the grant condition period the dwelling will be let or available for letting as a residence (and not for a holiday) to a person who is not connected with the owner for the time being of the dwelling.\nIn sub-paragraph (b) “letting” does not include a letting on a long tenancy.\n(4) In paragraph (3) references to letting include the grant of a licence to occupy premises.\nReferences in this Chapter to tenants and other expressions relating to tenancies, in the context of a certificate of intended letting, shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443462/article/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:40.645129+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."
}