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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-tenancy-deposit-schemes-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointment of Scheme Administrator",
  "text": "(1) The Department may appoint a person who has applied to the Department to establish and maintain a tenancy deposit scheme of a description prescribed in Part 3 where the Department has approved that application under the Regulations.\n(2) The Department must not approve an application where the applicant:—\n(a) has been convicted of any offence involving fraud or dishonesty;\n(b) is a bankrupt; or\n(c) is disqualified from being a director of a company.",
  "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/3",
    "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."
}