The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1983

[F1SCHEDULE 3AN.I.GROUNDS FOR WITHHOLDING CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT BY WAY OF EXCHANGE]

[F2Ground 1N.I.

The tenant or the proposed assignee is obliged to give up possession of the dwelling‐house of which he is the secure tenant in pursuance of an order of the court, or will be so obliged at a date specified in such an order.

Ground 2N.I.

Proceedings have been begun for possession of the dwelling‐house of which the tenant or the proposed assignee is the secure tenant on one or more of grounds 1 to 5A as set out in Part I of Schedule 3 or there has been served on the tenant or the proposed assignee a notice under Article 28 which specifies one or more of those grounds and that notice is still in force.

Ground 3N.I.

The accommodation afforded by the dwelling‐house is substantially more extensive than is reasonably required by the proposed assignee.

Ground 4N.I.

The extent of the accommodation afforded by the dwelling‐house is not reasonably suitable to the needs of the proposed assignee and his family.

Ground 5N.I.

The dwelling‐house has features which are substantially different from those of ordinary dwelling‐houses and which are designed to make it suitable for occupation by a physically disabled person who requires accommodation of the kind provided by the dwelling‐house and, if the assignment were made,there would no longer be such a person residing in the dwelling‐house.

Ground 6N.I.

The landlord is a registered housing association which lets dwelling‐houses only for occupation (alone or with others) by persons whose circumstances (other than merely financial circumstances) make it especially difficult for them to satisfy their need for housing and, if the assignment were made, there would no longer be such a person residing in the dwelling‐house.

Ground 7N.I.

The dwelling‐house is one of a group of dwelling‐houses which it is the practice of the landlord to let for occupation by persons with special needs and a social service or special facility is provided in close proximity to the group of dwelling‐houses in order to assist persons with those special needs and, if the assignment were made, there would no longer be a person with those special needs residing in the dwelling‐house.]