# The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, Article 46: Common parts grants: landlord’s and tenants' applications


(1) The Executive shall not entertain an application for a common parts grant unless it is satisfied—
(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
(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.
(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.
(3) In deciding whether the requirement in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) is met—
(a) where a tenancy is held by 2 or more persons jointly, those persons shall be regarded as a single occupying tenant; and
(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.
(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”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110443462/article/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-housing-northern-ireland-order-2003/article-46
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