{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“uncontrolled tenancy” means a tenancy which is not a controlled tenancy within the meaning of Article 40(4) of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 or a secure tenancy within the meaning of Article 25 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983;\n“decision” means a decision made in accordance with Part I or Part III;\n“dwelling” means any residential accommodation whether or not consisting of the whole or part of a building and whether or not comprising separate and self-contained premises;\n“occupier” means a person (whether or not identified by name) who is stated to occupy the dwelling as his home;\n“relevant time” means the time the application for the decision is made or, if earlier, the tenancy ends;\n“size criteria” means the standards relating to bedrooms and rooms suitable for living in specified in this Schedule;\n“tenancy” includes—\n(a)a licence; and\n(b)a prospective tenancy or licence, and\nreferences to a tenant, a landlord or any other expression appropriate to a tenancy shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 15 substituted (1.6.2007) by The Housing Benefit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/266), regs. 1(1), 3(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 15 in operation at 20.11.2006, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15)"
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}