{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Tenant to be provided with a rent book",
  "text": "–\n(1) The landlord of a dwelling-house let under a private tenancy shall, within 28 days after the date on which the tenancy is granted, provide the tenant with a rent book for use in respect of the dwelling-house.\n(2) A rent book–\n(a) shall be used to maintain a written record of rent and other payments made in respect of a tenancy, and\n(b) shall contain such particulars and information relating to the tenancy as may be prescribed.\n(3) A tenant shall not be required to make a payment in respect of the provision of a rent book.\n(4) If the landlord under a private tenancy fails to comply with paragraph (1), he and, subject to paragraph (6), any person who on his behalf demands or receives rent in respect of the dwelling-house held under that tenancy while the failure continues, shall be guilty of an offence under this Order.\n(5) If any default in respect of which a landlord is convicted of an offence under paragraph (4) continues for more than 14 days after that conviction, that landlord shall be deemed to have committed a further offence under that paragraph in respect of that default.\n(6) If any person other than the landlord is charged with an offence under paragraph (4), it shall be a defence for him to prove that he neither knew nor had reasonable cause to believe this Article had not been complied with.",
  "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/5",
    "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."
}