{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1997/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1997/1179",
  "legislation_title": "The Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation: “ground rent”",
  "text": "(1) In this Order “ground rent” means—\n(a) a fee farm rent; or\n(b) the rent payable under a lease granted for a term of more than 50 years.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order—\nSub‐para. (a) rep. by 2001 c. 5 (NI)\n(b) where a ground rent is payable if demanded (however expressed), it shall be treated as payable even though there is no demand.\n(3) Where the amount of a ground rent is subject to alteration in consequence of a breach of covenant (whether it is to be increased from a lower amount to a higher amount in the event of a breach or is subject to reduction from a higher amount to a lower amount so long as there is no breach), for the purposes of this Order the amount of the ground rent is the lower amount.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1997/1179/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:41:23.235249+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."
}