Article 2 Amendment of the Emergency Grants (Eligible Tenants) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004

For Article 2 of the Emergency Grants (Eligible Tenants) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004^f1, substitute:

“Specified tenancies

2.

(1)

For the purposes of Article 29A(2)(c) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (scheme for emergency grants), the following are descriptions of tenancies to which Article 29A applies:

(a)

an introductory tenancy within the meaning of Article 6 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003^f2; and

(b)

a private tenancy, other than a protected tenancy or a statutory tenancy.

(2)

In this Article, “private tenancy” means any tenancy except:—

(a)

a tenancy under which the estate of the landlord belongs to:—

(i)

the Crown (whether in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or in Northern Ireland);

(ii)

a government department;

(iii)

the Executive;

(iv)

a registered housing association;

or is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.

(b)

a tenancy the purpose of which is to confer on the tenant the right to occupy a dwelling house for a holiday.”.