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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-housing-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-46",
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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/46",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Common parts grants: landlord’s and tenants' applications",
  "text": "(1) The Executive shall not entertain an application for a common parts grant unless it is satisfied—\n(a) that the applicant has an owner’s interest in the building and has a duty or power to carry out the relevant works, or\n(b) that the application is made by at least three-quarters of the occupying tenants of the building who under their tenancies have a duty to carry out, or to make a contribution in respect of the carrying out of, some or all of the relevant works.\n(2) References in this Chapter to a “landlord’s application” and a “tenants' application”, in relation to a common parts grant, shall be construed accordingly.\n(3) In deciding whether the requirement in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) is met—\n(a) where a tenancy is held by 2 or more persons jointly, those persons shall be regarded as a single occupying tenant; and\n(b) a tenant whose tenancy is of a description specified for the purposes of that sub-paragraph by order of the Department shall be treated as an occupying tenant falling within that sub-paragraph.\n(4) A person who has an owner’s interest in the building and who has a duty or power to carry out any of the relevant works may also join in a tenants' application for a common parts grant; and where such a person does join in an application, he is in this Chapter referred to as a “participating landlord”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443462/article/46",
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  "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."
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