{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-act-northern-ireland-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "nia/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/houses-in-multiple-occupation-act-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any building which is occupied only by the following persons—\n(a) one or more persons who have, whether in the whole or any part of it, either a freehold estate or a leasehold interest granted for a term of more than 21 years,\n(b) any member of the household of such a person or persons, and\n(c) no more than such number of other persons as is specified for the purposes of this paragraph in regulations made by the Department.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 9 in operation at 1.4.2019 by S.R. 2019/39, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2016/22/schedule/1/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:51.454871+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."
}