{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-forms-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-forms-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/131",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Tenancies (Forms etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-forms-etc-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Private Tenancies (Forms Etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2007.\n(2) In these Regulations:—\n“appropriate rent” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 39 of the Order;\n“controlled tenancy” has the meaning given in Article 40(4) of the Order;\n“HMO grant” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 35(5) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;\n“house in multiple occupation” has the meaning assigned to it in Part IV of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;\n“the Order” means the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006;\n“register” means the register of rents referred to in Article 46(1) of the Order;\n“renovation grant” means a grant paid under Article 50 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992, or paid or payable under Article 40 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 1.4.2007, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/1725 (N.I. 15) as amended by S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/131/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:42:07.123954+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."
}