SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14 Consequential Amendments

The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/1118 (N.I. 15))

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In Schedule 2 to the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies), after paragraph 3, insert—

Accommodation for asylum-seekers

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1

A tenancy is not a secure tenancy if it is granted in order to provide accommodation under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

2

A tenancy mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) becomes a secure tenancy if the landlord notifies the tenant that it is to be regarded as a secure tenancy.