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RENT (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1978 - SECT 42

42. The tenant under a regulated tenancy of a dwelling-house

(a)shall take proper care of the premises comprised in that tenancy as a good
tenant;

(b)shall, without prejudice to sub-paragraph (a), keep in repair

(i)open fireplaces (including tiles) in the dwelling-house;

(ii)glass, whether external or internal, in the dwelling-house (including
mirrors);

<(iii)tap washers and similar seals for taps in the dwelling-house;


<(iv)boundary walls of the dwelling-house constructed by him or any previous tenant from whom he derives title;


(c)shall make good any damage to those premises wilfully or negligently done
or caused to the premises by the tenant, by any tenant of his or by any other
person lawfully living in or lawfully visiting the premises;

(d)shall keep the interior of the dwelling-house in reasonable decorative
order;

(e)shall not carry out any alterations to those premises without the consent
of the landlord, but that consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;

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