The Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 20)
7.—(1) This paragraph applies to a tenancy—
(a)which was entered into before the appointed day; and
(b)which is of land which, immediately before the appointed day, was land falling within Article 7(1)(a) or (b).
(2) If and so long as the interest of the landlord under a tenancy to which this paragraph applies continues on and after the appointed day to belong in fact either to the Department or to an HSS trust, it shall be taken to belong to a government department for the purposes of Article 5(7)(b) of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (tenancy where landlord is government department not to be protected tenancy).
(3) Expressions used in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) have the same meaning as in the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978.