The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 No. 1301 (NI. 13)

PART IV N.I. MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

Statutory tenancies by succession N.I.

42.—(1) Schedule 1 to the [1978 NI. 20] Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.

(2) For paragraph 2 of that Schedule there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“2.   The surviving spouse (if any) of the original tenant, if residing in the dwelling-house immediately before the death of the original tenant, shall after the death be the statutory tenant if and so long as he or she occupies the dwelling-house as his or her residence”.

(3) F1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) The following provisions of that Schedule shall be omitted—

(a) in paragraphs 1 and 4(a) the words “or 3 ”;

(b) paragraphs 3 and 8;

(c) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) F2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) F3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) The amendments made by this Article shall have effect only in relation to deaths occurring after the commencement date.

F1 Art. 42(3) repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 75, Sch. 5; S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)

F2 Art. 42(4)(c)(d) repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 75, Sch. 5; S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)

F3 Art. 42(5) repealed (1.4.07) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 75, Sch. 5; S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)