Article 32 Assigments

(1)

A secure tenancy, or a tenancy to which paragraph (2) applies, shall not be capable of being assigned unless—

(a)

the assignment is made in pursuance of an order made under Article 26 of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; or

F1(aa)

the assignment is made in pursuance of an order made under Part 2 of Schedule 15, or paragraph 9(2) or (3) of Schedule 17, to the Civil Partnership Act 2004; or

(b)

the assignment is to a person in whom the tenancy would or might have been vested by virtue of Article 26 had the tenant died immediately before the assignmentF2 or

(c)

the assignment is made in pursuance of Article 32A.

(2)

This paragraph applies to any tenancy which would be a secure tenancy if the condition described in Article 25(3) as the tenant condition were satisfied.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 2004 c.33
F2: 1986 NI 13

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: functions transf. by SR 1999/481