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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/011080032X",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Tenancies to be for a term certain",
  "text": "–\n(1) Where, on or after the commencement of this Order–\n(a) a private tenancy is granted, and\n(b) the contract of tenancy does not provide that the duration of the tenancy is to be for a term certain,\nthe tenancy shall take effect for a term certain of 6 months, beginning on the day on which the tenant is entitled to take possession of the dwelling-house.\n(2) Nothing in this Article applies to a statutory tenancy.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/011080032X/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:20:03.589532+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."
}