The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988

8.  In Schedule 2, after paragraph 3 insert the following paragraph—

“Accommodation for homeless persons

3A.   A tenancy granted in pursuance of—

(a) Article 8 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (duty to house pending inquiries in case of apparent priority need), or

(b) Article 10(3) of that Order (duty to house temporarily person found to have priority need but to have become homeless intentionally),

is not a secure tenancy before the expiry of the period of twelve months beginning with the date on which the tenant received the notification required by Article 9(1) (notification of decision on question of homelessness or threatened homelessness).”.