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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-northern-ireland-order-1978/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-northern-ireland-order-1978/schedule-1/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1978/1050",
  "legislation_title": "Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The surviving spouse, or surviving civil partner, (if any) of the original tenant, if residing in the dwelling-house immediately before the death of the original tenant, shall after the death be the statutory tenant if and so long as he or she occupies the dwelling-house as his or her residence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1986 NI 13"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "2004 c.33"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/1050/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:01.558019+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."
}