{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenancy-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenancy-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2023/19",
  "legislation_title": "The Tenancy Information Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tenancy-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Receipts",
  "text": "All private tenants have a legal right to a receipt for any cash payment in relation to their tenancy. The receipt should detail:\nThe amount paid,\nThe date it was paid,\nWhat the payment was for,\nIf an amount remains outstanding, the amount, or\nIf payment was made in full, that no amount remains outstanding.\nYou should get a receipt when you make the payment or as soon as reasonably possible afterwards. Your local council has powers to take legal action when this does not happen.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 5 in operation at 1.4.2023, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/19/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:32:26.882215+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."
}