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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-39",
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  "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/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Interpretation: Chapter III",
  "text": "In this Chapter–\n“appropriate rent” means an appropriate rent for a rental period;\n“the appropriate standard of fitness” shall be construed in accordance with Article 40(3);\n“controlled tenancy” has the meaning given in Article 40(4);\n“the register of rents” means the register established under Article 46;\n“registered rent”, in relation to a controlled tenancy of a dwelling-house, means the rent entered in the register of rents as an appropriate rent under that tenancy;\n“rent assessment committee” means a committee constituted under Schedule 1;\n“the rent limit” means the rent limit under Article 48;\n“rental period” means a period in respect of which a payment of rent falls to be made.",
  "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/39",
    "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."
}