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RENT (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 46

46.(1) A district council shall, if an application in that behalf is made to
it by the landlord or tenant of a dwelling-house let on a regulated tenancy,
cause the dwelling-house to be inspected with a view to ascertaining whether
the other party under the tenancy is in breach of any covenant or condition
(whether express or implied) to repair, maintain or take care of the premises
comprised in that tenancy, any fixtures attached to those premises or any such
installations as are mentioned in Article 41(1)(c) (in this Article referred
to as "the repairing conditions").

(2) Where, on an application under paragraph (1), a district council is
satisfied that any such landlord or tenant is in breach of the repairing
conditions in relation to any premises, fixtures or installations the council
shall

(a)issue and serve on that person a certificate to that effect (in this Part
referred to as a "certificate of disrepair");

(b)serve a copy of that certificate on the other party to the tenancy.

(3) A certificate of disrepair issued under paragraph (2) shall

(a)specify the works which in the opinion of the district council are required
to make good the breach of the repairing conditions by the landlord or the
tenant, as the case may be;

(b)require that landlord or tenant, as the case may be, to carry out to the
district council's satisfaction the works specified in the certificate within
such period as the council may allow.

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