http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/21/section/1/2012-03-31High Hedges Act (Northern Ireland) 2011An Act to provide for the control of high hedges.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-15Expert Participation2012-03-31 <Emphasis>Introductory</Emphasis>Complaints to which this Act applies11This Act applies to a complaint which—ais made for the purposes of this Act by an owner or occupier of a domestic property; andballeges that the complainant's reasonable enjoyment of that property is being adversely affected by the height of a high hedge situated on land owned or occupied by another person.2This Act also applies to a complaint which—ais made for the purposes of this Act by an owner of a domestic property that is for the time being unoccupied, andballeges that the reasonable enjoyment of that property by a prospective occupier of that property would be adversely affected by the height of a high hedge situated on land owned or occupied by another person,as it applies to a complaint falling within subsection (1).3In relation to a complaint falling within subsection (2), references in sections 3 and 5 to the effect of the height of a high hedge on the complainant's reasonable enjoyment of a domestic property are to be read as references to the effect that it would have on the reasonable enjoyment of that property by a prospective occupier of the property.4This Act does not apply to complaints about the effect of the roots of a high hedge.5In this Act, in relation to a complaint concerning a high hedge—complainant” means—a person by whom the complaint is made; orif every person who made the complaint ceases to be an owner or occupier of the domestic property specified in the complaint, any other person who is for the time being an owner or occupier of that property;and references to the complainant include references to one or more of the complainants;the neighbouring land” means the land on which the high hedge is situated;the council” means the district council in whose district that land is situated.6In this Act “domestic property” means—aa dwelling; orba garden or yard which is used and enjoyed wholly or mainly in connection with a dwelling.7In subsection (6) “dwelling” means any building or part of a building occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a separate dwelling.8A reference in this Act to the reasonable enjoyment of domestic property includes a reference to the reasonable enjoyment of a part of the property.S. 1 in operation at 31.3.2012 by S.R. 2012/20, art. 2
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