{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-27.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1983/1118",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983",
  "path": "article/27",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Security of tenure",
  "text": "(1) Subject to Articles 41 and 42, a secure tenancy cannot be brought to an end by the landlord except by obtaining an order of the court for the possession of the dwelling-house.\n(2) Where the landlord obtains an order of the court for the possession of the dwelling-house the tenancy ends on the date on which the tenant is to give up possession in pursuance of the order.\n(3) Where a tenant of a dwelling-house let under a secure tenancy wishes to terminate the tenancy he must—\n(a) notify the landlord of his intention to do so; and\n(b) specify a date, not being a date less than four weeks from the date of notification, on which the tenancy is to terminate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/1118/article/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:19.153943+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."
}