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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-1997-order-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/461",
  "legislation_title": "The Property (1997 Order) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-1997-order-commencement-no-2-order-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nThis Order brings into operation the following provisions of the Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (“the Order”) on 10th January 2000—\nArticle 7(7) and (8) for the purpose only of interpreting the word “flat” in Article 30(5) of the Order;\nArticle 28 (Fee farm rents);\nArticle 29 (Rentcharges);\nArticle 30 (Long leases on dwelling-houses);\nArticle 34 (Running of freehold covenants);\nArticle 36 (Perpetually renewable leases) and Schedule 2 (Consequences of conversion of perpetually renewable leases);\nArticle 37 (Leases for lives, etc.) and Schedule 3 (Conversion of leases for lives, etc. and of certain agreements for such leases);\nArticle 38 (Repeal of statutory provisions relating to agricultural tenancies);\nArticle 39(2) to (4) (Avoidance of certain powers);\nArticle 40 (Mental patients);\nArticle 41 (Service of documents) in so far as it applies to notices permitted under Part III of the Order to be served on a lessor;\nArticle 42(4)(h) to (j) and (7) and Article 42(1) to (3) and (8) to (10) in so far as it relates to the matters mentioned in Article 42(4)(h) to (j) (Disputes);\nArticle 43 (Offences) in so far as it applies to documents made, served or lodged under Part III or IV of the Order;\nArticle 44 (Civil remedy for misstatement) in so far as it applies to misstatements made in documents made, served or lodged under Part III or IV of the Order;\nArticle 45 (Enforcement of covenants) in so far as applies in the event of a breach, or in the case of proceedings for an injunction, an anticipated or threatened breach, of a covenant to which Article 34 of the Order applies;\nArticle 47 (Application to the Crown);\nArticle 53(1) and Schedule 4 (Amendments) except paragraph 2 of that Schedule; and\nArticle 53(2) and Schedule 5 (Repeals) except the following repeals in that Schedule—\nThe Chief Rents Redemption (Ireland) Act 1864\nsection 65 of the Conveyancing Act 1881\nsection 11 of the Conveyancing Act 1882",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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