{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1981/156",
  "legislation_title": "Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1981",
  "path": "article/17",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Rent scheme",
  "text": "(1) The Executive shall submit to the Department a scheme for determining the rent to be charged by the Executive for any housing accommodation provided by it.\n(2) The Department may approve a scheme submitted under paragraph (1) with or without modifications.\n(3) The Executive shall comply with a scheme approved by the Department under paragraph (2).\n(4) The Executive may at any time, and if the Department so directs shall, submit to the Department proposals amending a scheme approved under paragraph (2) or a scheme replacing any such scheme and paragraphs (2) and (3) shall have effect in relation to those proposals or a scheme replacing an existing scheme as they have effect in relation to a scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/156/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:52:23.326754+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."
}