The Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and come into operation on 1st April 2023.

Amendment of the Tenancy Deposit Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland)

2.  The Tenancy Deposit Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012(1) are amended in accordance with regulation 3.

3.—(1) In regulation 12 (requirement on landlord to supply information) –

(a) In paragraph (a), for “14 days” substitute “28 days”; and

(b) In paragraph (b) –

(i) For “28 days” substitute “35 days”;

(ii) At the end insert “and any relevant person”.

(2) In regulation 37(2) (duty to produce an information leaflet), for “28 days” substitute “35 days”.

(3) In Schedule 1 (the prescribed information to be provided when the tenancy deposit is protected in a tenancy deposit scheme) –

(a) In paragraph 1, omit “within 14 days from the receipt of the deposit from the tenant”;

(b) In paragraph 3, omit “within 28 days from the receipt of the deposit”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 16th February 2023

(L.S.)

David Polley

A senior officer of the Department for Communities