Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

Northern Ireland Order in Council 1978 No. 1050 — creates 8 criminal offences.

Made

25 July 1978

In force from

Not determined

Extent

N.I.

Subject

Housing, planning, heritage and land

Explanatory note

No explanatory note was published with this instrument, or none was found in its text.

Offences created by this instrument

• A protected or statutory tenant of a dwelling-house who, as a condition of giving up possession of the dwelling-house,… article 16(1) · In force · Strict liability
• Prohibition of premiums and loans on renewal , etc. of protected tenancies article 49(1) · In force · Strict liability
• Prohibition of premiums and loans on renewal , etc. of protected tenancies article 49(2) · In force · Strict liability
• Unlawful eviction and harassment of occupier article 54(1) · In force · Objective fault
• Unlawful eviction and harassment of occupier article 54(2) · In force · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Unlawful eviction and harassment of occupier article 54(2A) · In force · Objective fault
• Service of notices on landlord's agents article 73(3) · In force · Strict liability
• If any person fails without reasonable cause to comply with any notice served on him under sub-paragraph (1)( a), he… paragraph 2(2) of SCHEDULE 6 · In force · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 Lords · Lords Chamber · 20 July 1978
• Northern Ireland (Housing) Commons · Commons Chamber · 9 July 1986 · Mr. Stuart Bell (Middlesbrough)

  I congratulate the Minister on his fluency, on his grasp of the order, and on the way he took the House through it. He will pardon me if I speak with less fluency in trying to make a number of small points about the order. As we know, and as the Minister said, it is designed to provide legislation in Northern Ireland which corresponds to the provisions of the Housing Defects Act 1984 and the Housing and Building Control Act 1984. Both these Acts are now consolidated in the Housing Act 1985. Thus, there is parity in United Kingdom legislation. It knits together provisions that are equally…

• Additional Entries Commons · Commons Chamber · 2 December 1986

  3. There shall be inserted at the appropriate places:— 'Adjudicating medical practitioner or specially qualified adjudicating medical practitioner appointed under or by virtue of Part III of the Social Security Act 1975 or Part III of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975. Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Research Councils. Chairman of the Agricultural and Food Research Council. Chairman of the British Library Board. Chairman of the Economic and Social Research Council. Chairman of other full-time member of the Forestry Commission. Chairman of the Gas Consumers' Council.…

• Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (Si 1978/1050 (Ni 20)) Lords · Grand Committee · 17 May 2004
• Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (Si 1978/1050 (Ni 20)) Lords · Grand Committee · 17 May 2004
• Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 Lords · Lords Chamber · 17 May 2006 · Lord Rooker

  My Lords, the purpose of the order is to introduce a series of measures which will create a new framework for the private rented sector in Northern Ireland. The private rented sector plays a very important role in meeting the housing needs of a large number of people in Northern Ireland. It offers choice and represents a flexible and speedy option for those who, for whatever reasons, are not ready to buy their own home. And it provides an alternative for those living in areas where there is a high demand for social housing. The sector can be divided into two distinct parts: the uncontrolled…

• House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 Commons · Commons Chamber · 10 February 2010 · The Parliamentary Secretary, Office of the Leader of the House of Commons (Barbara Keeley)

  I beg to move, That Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 be amended as follows:– PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 1 (JUDICIAL OFFICES) 1. The following entry is inserted at the appropriate place:— District judge (magistrates’ courts), or deputy district judge (magistrates’ courts), in Northern Ireland. 2. The following entry is omitted:— Resident Magistrate or Deputy Resident Magistrate appointed under the Magistrates’ Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1964. 3. In the entry beginning ‘Sheriff Principal or Sheriff’, for ‘Temporary Sheriff’ (in the second place those words appear) there…

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