The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992

[F1 Disposal of land: unregistered housing associations N.I.

13A.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 30 of the Act of 1969, an unregistered housing association may not dispose of any grant-aided land as defined in Schedule 2 without the consent of the Department.

(2) Consent under paragraph (1) may be subject to such conditions as the Department sees fit to impose.

(3) Any such consent may be given—

(a) either generally in relation to all unregistered housing associations or to a particular unregistered housing association or description of unregistered housing association, or

(b) in relation to particular land or in relation to a particular description of land.

(4) Paragraph (1) does not prevent an unregistered housing association from disposing of any land by the granting of a lease for a term ending within the period of 7 years and 3 months beginning on the date of the grant unless—

(a) there is conferred on the lessee (whether by the lease or otherwise) an option for renewal for a term which, together with the original term, would expire outside that period, or

(b) the lease is granted wholly or partly in consideration of a fine.

(5) Without prejudice to the generality of the expression “dispose” in paragraph (1), in paragraph (4) the expression “lease” includes an agreement for a lease and a licence to occupy and the expressions “grant” and “term” are to be construed accordingly.]

F1 Arts. 13, 13A substituted (29.8.2020) for art. 13 by Housing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2020 (c. 5), ss. 1(1), 10(2)