{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-68",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-tenancies-northern-ireland-order-2006/article-68.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/68",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "68",
  "heading": "Prosecution of offences",
  "text": "(1) A person who is guilty of an offence under Article . . . 4A(4), 4B(5), 4C(3), 5(7), 5ZA(3) , 5ZC(4), 11B(4), 24(1), 33(5) or 50(2) or (3) or paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 2 shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under Article 28, 65(3) or 66(3) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.\n(3) Proceedings for any offence under this Order (including any offence created by regulations under Article 11G or 11I) may be instituted by the appropriate district council.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 68(1) repealed (30.6.2011) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 22), ss. 24, 25(1), Sch.; S.R. 2011/241, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 68(1) inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2023 in so far as not already in operation) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), ss. 1(3), 14(2)(a); S.R. 2023/20, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 68(1) substituted (1.4.2023) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), ss. 3(5), 14(7); S.R. 2023/20, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 68(1) inserted (1.4.2023) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), ss. 4(3), 14(7); S.R. 2023/20, art. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in art. 68(1) inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), ss. 8(3), 14(2)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 68(3) inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), s. 14(2)(e), Sch. 2 para. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 68(3) inserted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes) by Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20), s. 14(2)(f), Sch. 3 para. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2006/1459/article/68",
    "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."
}