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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983/schedule-3A/crossheading-ground-2a/paragraph-wrapper19n1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1983/1118",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1983",
  "path": "schedule/3A/crossheading/ground-2a/paragraph/wrapper19n1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Either—\n(a) a relevant order or suspended Ground 2 possession order is in force, or\n(b) an application is pending before any court for a relevant order or a Ground 2 possession order to be made,\nin respect of the tenant or the proposed assignee or a person who is residing with either of them.\nA “relevant order” means—\n(a)an injunction under Chapter 4 of Part 2 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (injunctions against anti-social behaviour);\n(b)an injunction against breach of a tenancy agreement granted or sought on the grounds that the tenant—\n(i)is engaging in, or threatening to engage in, conduct causing or likely to cause a nuisance or annoyance to a person residing, visiting or otherwise engaging in a lawful activity in the locality;\n(ii)is using or threatening to use the premises for immoral or illegal purposes; or\n(iii)is allowing, inciting or encouraging any other person to engage or threaten to engage in such conduct or use or threaten to use the premises for such purposes;\n(c)an anti-social behaviour order under Article 3 or 6 of the Antisocial Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004;\n(d)an interim anti-social behaviour order under Article 4 or 6A of that Order.\nA “Ground 2 possession order” means an order for possession under Ground 2 in Schedule 3.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1986 NI 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 3A: Grounds 2A, 2B inserted (1.9.2011) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 22), ss. 12(1), 25(1) (with s. 12(2)); S.R. 2011/241, art. 2(2), Sch. 2"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:49:19.153943+00:00"
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  "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."
}