Summary
Article 14 of the Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 as amended by Section 11 of the Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (the Act) contains the provision for the Department for Communities (DfC) to introduce much longer notice to quit periods.
Documents
- The Private Tenancies (Notice to Quit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Guidance on The Private Tenancies (Notice to Quit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025
- Equality Impact Assessment on Exceptions to longer ‘notice to quit’ periods in Northern Ireland
- Exceptions to Proposed Longer ‘Notice to Quit’ Periods in Northern Ireland Draft Equality Impact Assessment Appendices
- Privacy Notice for Consultation on Notice to Quit periods
Consultation description
Before the longer notice periods can come into operation, regulations must be in place to set out circumstances where longer notice periods would not apply.
A 12-week stakeholder consultation has been scheduled to run from 5 January to 29 March 2026 via the citizen space platform. This public consultation aims to capture the views from tenants and landlords and their representatives, district councils and anyone else with an interest in the private rented sector on the draft Regulations, associated guidance and an Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) on ‘Exceptions to longer ‘notice to quit’ periods in Northern Ireland’.
To inform consideration, we have included a link to the ‘Exceptions to longer notice to quit periods in Northern Ireland’ completed by the Chartered Institute for Housing.
In line with the NICS Digital First principle, responses to this consultation should be made online through the Citizen Space survey which can be accessed through the green button below.