Houses in Multiple Occupation Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

Regulations and orders

86.—(1) Regulations under section 1(3), 3(5), 4(1)(c), 13(3) or 14(3) or paragraph 4, 5 or 9 of Schedule 1, or an order under section 90, may include such consequential, transitional and saving provision as the Department considers necessary or expedient in connection with the other provision made by those regulations or that order.

(2) Provision made under subsection (1) may include the modification of Northern Ireland legislation.

(3) The following instruments may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Assembly—

(a) any regulations or orders that, by virtue of subsection (2), modify Northern Ireland legislation;

(b) any regulations under section 1(3);

(c) any regulations under section 73(11).

(4) Any other regulations made under this Act are subject to negative resolution.

(5) Before making regulations under section 1(3), 12(1)(c), 13(3) or 14(3) or paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, the Department must consult—

(a) councils;

(b) such persons as appear to the Department to be representative of—

(i) landlords, and

(ii) occupiers of houses; and

(c) such other persons as the Department considers appropriate (which may include landlords or occupiers of houses, or both).