Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 No. 1050 (NI. 20)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 N.I. GROUNDS FOR POSSESSION OF DWELLING-HOUSES LET ON OR SUBJECT TO PROTECTED OR STATUTORY TENANCIES

PART II N.I. CASES IN WHICH COURT MUST ORDER POSSESSION

Case 14 N.I.

Where the dwelling-house was at any time occupied by a person under the terms of his employment as a person employed in agriculture and—

(a) the tenant neither is nor at any time was so employed by the landlord and is not the [F1 surviving spouse or civil partner] of a person who was so employed, and

(b) not later than 1st April 1979 or the date of the commencement of the protected tenancy in question (whichever is the later), the tenant was given notice in writing that possession might be recovered under this Case, and

(c) the court is satisfied that the dwelling-house is required for occupation by a person employed or to be employed by the landlord in agriculture;

and for the purposes of this Case “employed”, “employment” and “agriculture” have the same meanings as in the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland Order) 1977 [1977 NI 22] .

F1 Words in Sch. 4 Case 14 substituted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 136(a) (with regs. 6-9)