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The Landlord Registration Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

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1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Landlord Registration Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 1st September 2016.

Amendment of the Landlord Registration Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

2.  In regulation 2 of the Landlord Registration Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 for the definition of “authorised officer” substitute—

““authorised officer” means an officer of the district council, the Department of Finance, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive or the Department for Communities authorised in writing for the purpose of regulation 9 of the Landlord Registration Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014(1).”

3.  For regulation 9 of the Landlord Registration Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, substitute—

“Disclosure of information to certain bodies

9.  Information held by the registrar and not included in the register shall, on request from an authorised officer be disclosed to:—

(a)a district council for the purpose of enabling or assisting that council to exercise its functions under any provision of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 and Article 54 of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978; or

(b)the Department of Finance for the purpose of its functions under the Rates (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 or the Rates (Capital Values, etc) (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; or

(c)the Northern Ireland Housing Executive for the purposes of:—

(i)the administration of housing benefit; and/or

(ii)the regulation of Houses in Multiple Occupation;

(d)the Department for Communities for the purposes of:—

(i)Welfare Supplementary Payments paid in respect of the application of the Benefit Cap; and/or

(ii)the administration of the housing element of Universal Credit.”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 29th June 2016

(L.S.)

Chris Hughes

A senior officer of the

Department for Communities

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