PART VAMENDMENTS OF THE RENT ORDER
Tenancies which are protected tenancies56.
(1)
Article 3 of the Rent Order (protected tenancies) shall be amended as follows.
(2)
“(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.”.
(3)
“(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.”.
(4)
“(3A)
For the purposes of this Article, a dwelling-house may be a house or part of a house.”.