Part NOTES

Article 36 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 states that a district council shall, if an application under Article 35 is made to it, inspect a dwelling-house let under a private tenancy, (certain dwelling-houses do not require a fitness inspection — see Note 3 below), with a view to deciding if it meets the fitness standard for human habitation. The application must contain information that is sufficient in the opinion of the council to indicate that the dwelling-house may no longer be fit for human habitation. A dwelling-house can be a house or a flat.