Article 56 Tenancies which are protected tenancies

Article 3 of the Rent Order (protected tenancies) shall be amended as follows.

For paragraph (1) there shall be substituted–

“(1)

A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if–

(a)

the Rent Restriction Acts applied to the dwelling-house immediately before the commencement of this Order (1st October 1978), and

(b)

the dwelling-house was, immediately after that commencement, let under that tenancy as a separate dwelling.

(1A)

A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if–

(a)

paragraph (2) applies to the dwelling-house, and

(b)

the dwelling-house was, immediately before the commencement of Article 56 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, let under that tenancy as a separate dwelling.”.

After paragraph (2A) there shall be inserted–

“(2B)

A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if, immediately before the commencement of Article 56 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, that tenancy was a protected tenancy by virtue of Article 5 of this Order.”.

After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted–

“(3A)

For the purposes of this Article, a dwelling-house may be a house or part of a house.”.