# Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981, Article 59: Interpretation


In this Chapter—
“house” includes—
(a)any building or part of a building which may be, or may be made, suitable for residential purposes; and
(b)any yard, garden, outhouse and appurtenance belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;
“the owner” of a possessed house or of unoccupied premises means the person appearing to the Executive to be the owner thereof;
“possessed house” means a house of which the Executive has taken possession under Article 60(1); and
“unoccupied”, in relation to a house or premises, means unoccupied for the purposes of the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 1977 NI 28.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1981/156/article/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1981/article-59
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