Article 3 Protected tenancies

A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if–

A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if–

This paragraph applies to a dwelling-house let by an unregistered housing association if, immediately before the commencement of Part V of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983, this Order applied to such a dwelling-house, or would have so applied if the landlord had not been an unregistered housing association.

In paragraph (2) “unregistered housing association” means a housing association, as defined inF3 Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 which is not registered under Article 14 of that Order.

A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if, immediately before the commencement of Article 56 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, that tenancy was a protected tenancy by virtue of Article 5 of this Order.

If any question arises in any proceedings whether the Rent Restriction Acts applied to a dwelling-house immediately before the commencement of this Order, it shall be deemed to be a dwelling-house to which those Acts applied unless the contrary is shown.

For the purposes of this Article, a dwelling-house may be a house or part of a house.

In this Order “protected tenancy” does not include a fee farm grant or a tenancy granted for a term certain exceeding ninety-nine years, unless that tenancy is, or may become, terminable before the end of that term by notice given to the tenant.