# The Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, Article 3: Meaning of “private tenancy”


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(1) In this Order “private tenancy”–
(a) means any tenancy of a dwelling-house except–
(i) a fee farm grant, or
(ii) any of the tenancies described in paragraph (2); and
(b) includes, except where the context otherwise requires, a protected tenancy and a statutory tenancy.
(2) Those tenancies are–
(a) a tenancy for a term certain exceeding 99 years, unless that tenancy is, or may become, terminable before the end of that term by notice given to the tenant;
(b) a tenancy under which the estate of the landlord belongs to–
(i) the Crown (whether in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or in Northern Ireland);
(ii) a government department;
(iii) the Executive;
(iv) a registered housing association;
or is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department; and
(c) a tenancy the purpose of which is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy a dwelling-house for a holiday.
(3) In paragraph (2)(b)–
(a) “government department” includes a department of the government of the United Kingdom; and
(b) “registered”, in relation to a housing association, means registered in the register maintained under Part II of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 (NI 15).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/011080032X/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-3
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.