# The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983, Article 33: Other disposals


(1) If the tenant under a secure tenancy parts with the possession of the dwelling-house or sublets the whole of it (or sublets part and then the remainder) the tenancy ceases to be a secure tenancy.
(2) Where, on the death of the tenant, a secure tenancy is vested or otherwise disposed of in the course of the administration of his estate, the tenancy ceases to be a secure tenancy unless—
(a) the vesting or other disposal is in pursuance of an order made under Article 26 of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; or
(aa) the vesting or other disposal is 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 vesting or other disposal is to a person in whom the tenancy would or might have vested by virtue of Article 26.
(3) Where—
(a) a tenancy ceases to be a secure tenancy by virtue of this Article; or
(b) in the case of a tenancy which would be a secure tenancy if the condition described in Article 25(3) as the tenant condition were satisfied, the tenant parts with the possession of the dwelling-house or sublets the whole of it (or sublets first part of it and then the remainder),
the tenancy cannot become a secure tenancy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1983/1118/article/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983/article-33
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