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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3</dc:identifier><dc:title>Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to amend the law relating to housing.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2023-05-18</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2023-04-01</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/body" NumberOfProvisions="34" RestrictStartDate="2022-04-28"><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/crossheading/private-tenancies" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/crossheading/private-tenancies" NumberOfProvisions="16" id="crossheading-private-tenancies" RestrictStartDate="2022-04-28"><Title><Emphasis>Private tenancies</Emphasis></Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2022-04-28"><Title>Length of notice to quit</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3" id="section-3"><Pnumber PuncAfter="">3</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3/1" id="section-3-1"><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">1</Repeal></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">Article 14 of the Private Tenancies Order (length of notice to quit) is amended as follows.</Repeal></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3/2" id="section-3-2"><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">2</Repeal></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">In paragraph (1) for  “4 weeks” substitute </Repeal><InlineAmendment><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">“
                  the relevant period
                ”</Repeal></InlineAmendment><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">.</Repeal></Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3/3" id="section-3-3"><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">3</Repeal></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">After that paragraph insert—</Repeal></Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="unknown" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="unknown" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">1A</Repeal></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">For the purposes of paragraph (1) the relevant period is—</Repeal></Text><P3><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">a</Repeal></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">4 weeks, if the tenancy has not been in existence for more than 5 years;</Repeal></Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">b</Repeal></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">8 weeks, if the tenancy has been in existence for more than 5 years but not for more than 10 years;</Repeal></Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">c</Repeal></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">12 weeks, if the tenancy has been in existence for more than 10 years.</Repeal></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment><AppendText><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">.</Repeal></AppendText></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3/4" id="section-3-4"><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">4</Repeal></Pnumber><P2para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">This section—</Repeal></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3/4/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3/4/a" id="section-3-4-a"><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">a</Repeal></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">applies whether the private tenancy was granted before or after the date on which this section comes into operation; but</Repeal></Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/22/section/3/4/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3/4/b" id="section-3-4-b"><Pnumber><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">b</Repeal></Pnumber><P3para><Text><Repeal ChangeId="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b-1663755534219" CommentaryRef="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" RetainText="true">does not apply in relation to a notice to quit given before that date.</Repeal></Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-b3aedb04e33569cde5a51e90fb3b4c4b" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="cpxsafjc4-00004" SectionRef="section-3" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/22/section/3">S. 3</CitationSubRef> omitted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/20" id="cpxsafjc4-00005" Class="NorthernIrelandAct" Year="2022" Number="20" Title="Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022">Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 20)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cpxsafjc4-00005" id="cpxsafjc4-00006" SectionRef="section-11-8" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/20/section/11/8" Operative="true">ss. 11(8)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="cpxsafjc4-00005" id="cpxsafjc4-00007" SectionRef="section-14-2-g" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2022/20/section/14/2/g">14(2)(g)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>