{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-2.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/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General interpretation",
  "text": "–\n(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33) shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(2) In this Order–\n“the appropriate district council”, in relation to a dwelling-house, means the district council in whose district the dwelling-house is situated;\n“commencement of this Order” means the date on which the provision of this Order in which that expression occurs comes into operation;\n“the Department” means the Department for Social Development;\n“dwelling-house” includes part of a house;\n“the Executive” means the Northern Ireland Housing Executive;\n“final determination”, in relation to an appeal, shall be construed in accordance with Article 23(3) and (4);\n“the landlord” includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original landlord and also includes, in relation to any dwelling-house, any person other than the tenant who is, or but for Part III of the Rent Order would be, entitled to possession of the dwelling-house;\n“let” includes sub-let;\n“modify” includes amend or repeal;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Department;\n“private tenancy” has the meaning given in Article 3;\n“protected tenancy” shall be construed in accordance with Article 3 of the Rent Order;\n“rates” means the regional rate and the district rate;\n“rent” does not include any sum payable on account of rates;\n“the rent officer” means the person appointed under Schedule 1 to act as rent officer;\n“the Rent Order” means the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 20);\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given in section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954;\n“statutory tenancy” shall be construed in accordance with Article 4(5) of the Rent Order;\n“tenancy” includes, except where the context otherwise requires, a statutory tenancy;\n“tenant” includes, except where the context otherwise requires, a statutory tenant and also includes a sub-tenant and any person deriving title under the original tenant or sub-tenant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/011080032X/article/2",
    "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."
}