Housing and Regeneration Act 2008

Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1990 (N.I. 23))

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21(1)Article 11 (duties to persons found to be threatened with homelessness) is amended as follows.

(2)After paragraph (2) insert—

(2A)Paragraph (2B) applies in a restricted threatened homelessness case where, in pursuance of the duty under paragraph (2), the Executive secures that accommodation other than that occupied by the applicant when he made his application is available for occupation by him.

(2B)The provisions of Article 10(2A) to (2H) (circumstances in which duty in restricted case ceases) apply, with any necessary modifications, in relation to the duty under paragraph (2) as they apply in relation to the duty under Article 10(2) in a restricted case (within the meaning of that Article).

(3)After paragraph (4) insert—

(4A)In this Article—

  • “a restricted person” has the same meaning as in Article 9,

  • “a restricted threatened homelessness case” means a case falling within paragraph (2) where the Executive would not be satisfied as mentioned in paragraphs (1) and (2) without having had regard to a restricted person.