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PART III DEVELOPMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE
CHAPTER II CLEARANCE AREAS AND CLEARANCE, DEMOLITION AND CLOSING ORDERS
36.Recovery of possession of buildings subject to clearance or demolition order
37A.Demolition orders: substitution of closing orders to permit use otherwise than for human occupation
41A.Effect on Article 41 of proposal to include premises in group repair scheme
44.Operative date of demolition orders, closing orders and repair notices
46A.Executive to consider guidance given by Department in deciding whether to take action under Article 32, 35, 38, 41 or 47
PART V LAND ACQUISITION AND COMPENSATION
156.Power of the Executive to enter into indemnity agreements with building societies
156A.Financial assistance for voluntary organisations concerned with housing
158.Power to authorise superior landlord to enter and execute works
159A.(1) Paragraph 23 of the electronic communications code (which provides...
163.Amendments, savings and transitional provisions, repeals and revocation
SCHEDULES
THE NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE
1.(1) The Executive shall consist of ten persons appointed by the head of the Department...
2.In making appointments under paragraph (1), the Minister in charge of the Department shall as...
3.(1) Subject to this paragraph, a member of the Executive shall hold and vacate office...
4.The Executive may act notwithstanding any vacancy in its membership.
5.The Executive may pay to its members such remuneration and other allowances as the Department...
6.(1) The Executive may constitute committees of its members to which it may delegate such...
7.Sections 28 to 33, 42, 46, 47, 47A, 48 and 146 of the Local Government...
8.(1) The common seal of the Executive shall, when applied to a document, be attested...
9.The validity of any proceedings of the Executive or of any of its committees shall...
THE NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING COUNCIL
1.(1) The Council shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), consist of the chairman of each district...
2.Subject to paragraph 1(1A) of Schedule 1, The Council may regulate its own proceedings.
3.The validity of any proceedings of the Council shall not be affected by any defect...
4.(1) The Council may constitute one or more committees to which it may delegate such...
5.The Executive may pay to members of the Council such travelling, subsistence or other allowances...
Schedule 3 restates Amendments of 1972 c.9 ( NI ), made by 1976 NI 25
PART I MAKING AND OPERATION OF CLEARANCE ORDERS
1.A clearance order shall be in the prescribed form and shall describe by reference to...
2.(1) Before submitting the order to the Department the Executive shall— (a) publish in one...
3.So soon as may be after the required notices have been given, the Executive shall...
4.(1) If no objection, other than an objection which the Department is satisfied is of...
5.The Department may confirm an order, notwithstanding that the effect of the modifications made by...
6.So soon as may be after a clearance order has been confirmed by the Department...
7.A clearance order shall become operative at the expiration of 6 weeks from the date...
8.So soon as may be after a clearance order has become operative, the Executive shall...
9.When a clearance order has become operative, the owner of any building to which the...
10.Any expenses incurred by the Executive under paragraph 9, after giving credit for any amount...
11.Any surplus in the hands of the Executive shall be paid by it to the...
PART II ORDERS EXCLUDING BUILDINGS FROM A CLEARANCE AREA
12.(1) Paragraphs 2 to 6 shall have effect in relation to exclusion orders under Article...
13.On the date on which an exclusion order is made— (a) paragraph 9; and (b)...
14.(1) If— (a) the Department notifies the Executive that it declines to confirm the exclusion...
15.(1) After the making of an exclusion order the right to any payment under Article...
INSTITUTIONS RECOGNISED FOR PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 153
4.The following bodies, namely— (a) companies which have satisfied the Department of Commerce that they...
5.Insurance companies to which Part II of the Insurance Companies Act 1974 applies.
6.Friendly societies and branches thereof if registered under the Friendly Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1970...
7A.(i) Abbey Life Executive Mortgages Limited (ii) Abbey Life Funding Limited (iii) Abbey Life Home...
3.The repeal of Article 31 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and Article 14...
4.(1) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Order of Article 15 of the Housing (Northern Ireland)...
5.For the purpose of allowing an application for an improvement grant, an intermediate grant, or...
6.Notwithstanding the repeal of Article 1(3) of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 , the...
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