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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tenancy-deposit-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nidsr/2012/9780337988752",
  "legislation_title": "The Tenancy Deposit Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tenancy-deposit-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations:—\n“approved tenancy deposit scheme” means a scheme which has been approved by the Department for the purposes of safeguarding deposits paid in connection with private tenancies;\n“designated account” means an account which cannot contain any sums other than:—\n(a) the whole or any part of tenancy deposits paid into it;\n(b) such sums of money belonging to the scheme administrator as may be necessary for the purpose of opening the account;\n(c) such sums of money as may be necessary to replace any sum which by error has been withdrawn from the account; and\n(d) interest;\n“dispute regulation mechanism” means the mechanism for resolving disputes specified in regulation 30;\n“the Order” means the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (N.I. 10);\n“working day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nidsr/2012/9780337988752/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:41:14.522434+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."
}