{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-11I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-11I.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2006/1459",
  "legislation_title": "The Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006",
  "path": "article/11I",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "11I",
  "heading": "Electrical safety standards for dwelling-houses let under a private tenancy",
  "text": "(1) The Department may by regulations impose duties on the landlord of a dwelling-house let under a private tenancy for the purposes of ensuring that electrical safety standards are met during the period when the dwelling-house is let under the tenancy.\n(2) “Electrical safety standards” means standards specified in, or determined in accordance with, the regulations in relation to—\n(a) the installations in the dwelling-house for the supply and use of electricity, or\n(b) electrical fixtures, fittings or appliances provided by the landlord.\n(3) The duties imposed on the landlord may include duties to ensure that a qualified person has checked that the electrical safety standards are met.\n(4) The regulations may make provision about—\n(a) how and when checks are carried out;\n(b) who is qualified to carry out checks.\n(5) The regulations may require the landlord to undertake works as a result of checks carried out by the qualified person.\n(6) The regulations may require the landlord—\n(a) to obtain a certificate from the qualified person confirming that electrical safety standards are met;\n(b) to give a copy of the certificate to the tenant, or a prospective tenant, or any other person specified in the regulations;\n(c) where the electrical safety standards are not met, to obtain from the qualified person a written description of the works required to meet the standards.\n(7) Regulations under this Article are referred to in Articles 11J and 11K as “electrical safety standards regulations”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 11I-11K and cross-heading inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), s. 14(2)(f), Sch. 3 para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/1459/article/11I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:25.898179+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."
}