Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision with respect to privately rented dwelling-houses in Northern Ireland.

PART II deals with certain obligations of landlords and tenants under private tenancies. Part III empowers district councils to issue notices of unfitness and notices of disrepair in respect of dwelling-houses let under private tenancies.

PART IV provides for certificates of fitness to be issued in respect of certain dwelling-houses and for the determination of a rent limit in respect of tenancies which are subject to control.

PART V amends the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 and Part VI contains provisions of a miscellaneous or supplemental nature.