# Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020, Section 2: Power to alter notice period


(1) The Department may (subject to subsections (2) and (3)) by regulations amend section 1(1)(a)—
(a) to alter the reference to 12 weeks to—
(i) a reference to 6 months, or
(ii) a reference to any other specified period which is less than 6 months, or
(b) to alter a reference which has been altered by virtue of paragraph (a) or this paragraph.
(2) A reference which has been altered by virtue of subsection (1)(a) or (b) cannot result in the reference being to a specified period of more than 6 months.
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may not alter the reference in section 1(1)(a) to a period of more than 12 weeks in the case of—
(a) a landlord who needs to live in the dwelling-house, or
(b) a landlord of a tenancy in which the tenant, or any other person residing in the tenant's household, engages in serious anti-social behaviour after this Act comes into operation.
(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—
(a) make provision about the meaning of “needs to live in the dwelling-house” and “engages in serious anti-social behaviour” in subsection (3);
(b) make provision about the evidence to be provided to show that a case falls within subsection (3)(a) or (b).
(5) Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to negative resolution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2020/2/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-coronavirus-modifications-act-northern-ireland-2020/section-2
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