
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 and come into operation on 1st April 2023.
2 
The Tenancy Deposit Schemes Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 are amended in accordance with regulation 3.
3 

(1) In regulation 12 (requirement on landlord to supply information) –
(a) In paragraph (a), for “14 days” substitute “28 days”; and
(b) In paragraph (b) –
(i) For “28 days” substitute “35 days”;
(ii) At the end insert “and any relevant person”.
(2) In regulation 37(2) (duty to produce an information leaflet), for “28 days” substitute “35 days”.
(3) In Schedule 1 (the prescribed information to be provided when the tenancy deposit is protected in a tenancy deposit scheme) –
(a) In paragraph 1, omit “within 14 days from the receipt of the deposit from the tenant”;
(b) In paragraph 3, omit “within 28 days from the receipt of the deposit”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 16th February 2023
(L.S.)David Polley
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
