Private Tenancies (Coronavirus Modifications) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020

Power to alter notice period

2.—(1) The Department may (subject to subsections (2) and (3)) by regulations amend section 1(1)(a)—

(a) to alter the reference to 12 weeks to—

(i) a reference to 6 months, or

(ii) a reference to any other specified period which is less than 6 months, or

(b) to alter a reference which has been altered by virtue of paragraph (a) or this paragraph.

(2) A reference which has been altered by virtue of subsection (1)(a) or (b) cannot result in the reference being to a specified period of more than 6 months.

(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may not alter the reference in section 1(1)(a) to a period of more than 12 weeks in the case of—

(a) a landlord who needs to live in the dwelling-house, or

(b) a landlord of a tenancy in which the tenant, or any other person residing in the tenant’s household, engages in serious anti-social behaviour after this Act comes into operation.

(4) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular—

(a) make provision about the meaning of “needs to live in the dwelling-house” and “engages in serious anti-social behaviour” in subsection (3);

(b) make provision about the evidence to be provided to show that a case falls within subsection (3)(a) or (b).

(5) Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to negative resolution.