PART IVMISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

CHAPTER IAMENDMENTS OF THE RENT (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978

Transfer of duty to keep register of rents

121.—(1) The functions of the Department in relation to the preparation and keeping of a register of rents under Article 25 of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 20) are hereby transferred to the Executive.

(2) The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 1 have effect with the amendments specified there.

Institution of proceedings for offences with respect to rent books

122.  In Article 39 of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 20) (offences under Article 38 of that Order), after paragraph (4) there shall be added—

(5) Proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) may be instituted by the district council in whose district the dwelling-house held under the private tenancy is situated..