The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

Cases where change of dwelling-house is necessaryN.I.

2.  Circumstances fall within this paragraph if either of the following cases is applicable to them—N.I.

Case 1

By reason of the condition of any building of which the current dwelling-house consists of or which it forms part, the dwelling-house may not safely be occupied for residential purposes.

  • Case 2

The Executive intends, within a reasonable time of the completion of its acquisition of the interest concerned—

(a)to demolish or reconstruct the building which consists of or includes the defective dwelling in question, or

(b)to carry out work on any building or land in which the interest concerned subsists,

and cannot reasonably do so if the current dwelling-house remains in residential occupation.