# Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, Article 3: Protected tenancies

Extent: N.I.

(1) A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if–
(a) the Rent Restriction Acts applied to the dwelling-house immediately before the commencement of this Order (1st October 1978), and
(b) the dwelling-house was, immediately after that commencement, let under that tenancy as a separate dwelling.
(1A) A tenancy of a dwelling-house is a protected tenancy for the purposes of this Order if–
(a) paragraph (2) applies to the dwelling-house, and
(b) the dwelling-house was, immediately before the commencement of Article 56 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, let under that tenancy as a separate dwelling.
(2) 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.
(2A) In paragraph (2) “unregistered housing association” means a housing association, as defined in Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 which is not registered under Article 14 of that Order.
(2B) 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.
(3) 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.
(3A) For the purposes of this Article, a dwelling-house may be a house or part of a house.
(4) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1050/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-3
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