The Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

[F1 Disclosure of information for purposes of Parts 2 to 4 N.I.

64A— (1) This Article applies to any relevant information which is held—

(a) by the Department of Finance and Personnel for the purposes of—

(i) its functions under the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 or the Rates (Capital Values, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; or

(ii) the administration of housing benefit; or

(b) by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the purposes of the administration of housing benefit.

(2) Relevant information to which this Article applies must, if an authorised officer of the appropriate council so requires, be supplied to that council for the purpose of enabling or assisting that council to exercise its functions under any provision of Part 2, 3 or 4.

(3) Any requirement under paragraph (2) must specify—

(a) the description of relevant information which is to be supplied;

(b) the form in which that information is to be supplied; and

(c) the date by which that information is to be supplied.

(4) This Article—

(a) does not limit the circumstances in which information may be supplied apart from this Article; but

(b) has effect despite any restriction on the purposes for which relevant information may be disclosed or used.

(5) In this Article—

“authorised officer”, in relation to a council, means an officer of the council authorised for the purposes of this Article by the council;

“housing benefit” means housing benefit provided by virtue of a scheme under section 122 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

“relevant information” means information as to—

(a)

the location, age, size or description of a dwelling-house let under a private tenancy;

(b)

the name and address of the landlord or tenant of such a dwelling-house or of any person acting as an agent of the landlord.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Arts. 64A, 64B inserted (30.6.2011) by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 22), ss. 6, 25(1); S.R. 2011/241, art. 2(1), Sch. 1