69.—(1) The Defective Premises (Landlord's Liability) Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 (c. 10) shall apply, as from the commencement of this Order, to any tenancy which, before that commencement, was a regulated tenancy or a restricted tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Order.
(2) In section 3(1) of that Act (tenancies to which the Act applies), paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be omitted.
(3) In its application to a tenancy mentioned in paragraph (1), section 4 of that Act (interpretation) shall have effect as if for subsection (7) there were substituted–
“(7) In subsection (6)(a) “material time” means the time when Article 69 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 came into operation.”.
70. Except as provided by Article 6, this Order shall have effect notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary.
71.—(1) Subject to Article 3(2), this Order shall apply in relation to premises in which there subsists, or at any material time subsisted, a Crown estate as it applies in relation to premises in which no such estate subsists or ever subsisted.
(2) In this Article “Crown estate” means an estate–
(a)which belongs to the Crown in right of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom or in Northern Ireland; or
(b)which is held in trust for Her Majesty for the purposes of a government department.