{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-104",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1992/article-104.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/1725",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "article/104",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "104",
  "heading": "Service of certain documents",
  "text": "(1) Any document required or authorised by a statutory provision to be given to or served on any person by the Executive or a registered housing association may be given to or served on that person by being sent by ordinary post.\n(2) A process under Part VI of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 for the recovery of any sum due to the Executive or such other body as may be prescribed on foot of a tenancy agreement may be served—\n(a) by being sent. . . by ordinary post; or\n(b) by any mode of service permitted by magistrates' courts rules.\n(3) In section 24(1) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (service of documents), as it applies to the service by post of any document or process mentioned in paragraph (1) or (2), the word “registering” shall be omitted.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 104(1) substituted (30.6.2011) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 22), ss. 18(2), 25(1); S.R. 2011/241, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1981 NI 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "2003 NI 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "1954 c.33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/1725/article/104",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:04.648545+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."
}