Northern Ireland tenancy systemFixed-price document review
NI agreement control centre

Put the tenancy agreement through a Northern Ireland risk gate before you sign or issue it

Vordex interrogates the document already in front of you, holds Northern Ireland as the legal frame, and converts risky clauses, missing NI markers and conflicting obligations into a prioritised action map.

Interrogate every clause · £17.99Run the NI first-pass · £7.99
NI law stays authoritativeForeign UK wording becomes an alert, not a jurisdiction switch.
Clause evidence remains visibleQuotes and locations are retained where the source supports them.
Three decision lensesTenant, Landlord or Neutral changes priority without hiding defects.

Product and official-source frame reviewed 25 July 2026. Automated document assessment; not solicitor advice.

Northern Ireland Risk Dashboard

See the tenancy as an NI control board, not a stack of pages

Change perspective, open an example alert and inspect the quote, Northern Ireland legal signal and action that sit behind the priority. The dashboard is illustrative; your report is built from your own agreement.

Example-NI-Tenancy-Agreement.pdfIllustrative product preview · findings depend on your upload
JURISDICTION: NORTHERN IRELAND
Tenant decision view
78
Illustrative review pressureMoney, access and exit wording need attention before signature
Critical3Resolve first
Review4Negotiate or verify
Working2Retain, subject to conflicts

Clause 4.1 · Deposit

The requested deposit exceeds the NI statutory ceiling

Critical

The tenant lens moves deposit exposure, unilateral rent language, unrestricted entry and weak exit mechanics to the front of the queue.

“The Tenant shall pay a deposit equal to five weeks of rent.”
NI legal signalPrivate Tenancies Act (NI) 2022 · sections 4–6

The wording points above one month of rent and does not set out the 28-day scheme protection and 35-day prescribed-information sequence.

Ask for the amount to be reduced and for the approved-scheme timing and prescribed information to be stated clearly.

Exact wording retainedClause or page locator where availableSeverity and NI legal signalSpecific next position
Before You Sign

Clear eight agreement controls before the tenancy becomes harder to change

The pre-sign gate concentrates on questions that affect real cost, occupation, evidence and exit. Each control returns a document-specific finding instead of a generic reminder to read the small print.

GATE-01

Jurisdiction identity

Does every definition, notice and possession reference belong to Northern Ireland?

Report output: Foreign AST, Section 21, occupation-contract and Scottish PRT terms are isolated by clause.

GATE-02

Party and property map

Are the landlord, agent, tenants, guarantor and premises identified consistently?

Report output: Name, address, capacity and signature conflicts are placed in one identity queue.

GATE-03

NI information notice fit

Will the agreement align with the Tenancy Information Notice and any later variation?

Report output: Missing or inconsistent rent, deposit, duration, repair, termination and contact data is highlighted.

GATE-04

Complete money picture

Can you see rent, deposit, rates, charges, review dates and deductions in one place?

Report output: Amounts, triggers and contradictions are normalised into a single cost map.

GATE-05

Safety evidence route

Does the wording support alarms, gas records and electrical inspection duties without dilution?

Report output: Weak handover language, missing cycles and improper responsibility shifts are surfaced.

GATE-06

Repairs and access boundary

Are emergency entry, routine visits, structural repairs and tenant damage separated?

Report output: Overbroad entry rights and repair transfers are linked to the exact sentence creating them.

GATE-07

Ending mechanics

Do term, break, continuation and Notice to Quit clauses work together?

Report output: Conflicting periods, automatic-expiry claims and imported routes are ranked by consequence.

GATE-08

Shared exposure

When do joint-tenant and guarantor obligations begin, expand and finally stop?

Report output: Continuing liability, replacement occupiers and guarantee scope are converted into negotiation points.

Clause Detection Categories

The detector bank is organised around NI law, money, property and exit

Each category is tied to a practical Northern Ireland source or document-control problem. The engine only raises a finding when the uploaded wording, conflict or coverage gap supplies the signal.

NI-01
Legal frame

Wrong-country language and regime collisions

The scan does not follow the template into England, Wales or Scotland. It keeps Northern Ireland fixed and records every imported concept as a potential defect.

AST, Section 8 and Section 21 references
Occupation contract and contract-holder wording
Scottish PRT, Notice to Leave and tribunal leakage
County-court or council-tax terms that do not fit the NI draft
Northern Ireland jurisdiction lock
NI-02
Mandatory information

Tenancy Information Notice and variation coverage

Agreement fields are compared against the NI notice data set so the signed contract and the required information notice do not tell two different stories.

28-day information-notice timing
Landlord and agent contact details
Rent, deposit, duration, repair and termination alignment
Changes that need a Notice of Variation
Private Tenancies Act (NI) 2022 · sections 1–2
NI-03
Payments

Deposit, rent, cash receipt, rates and charge logic

Every payment obligation is pulled into one ledger so caps, dates, notice periods and double-charging risks can be read together.

One-month deposit ceiling
28-day protection and 35-day information sequence
Rent increase frequency and three-month written notice
Cash receipt wording and NI rates terminology
Private Tenancies Act (NI) 2022 · sections 3–7
NI-04
Property evidence

Alarm, electrical and gas-safety document routes

The product checks whether the contract supports current safety duties, report handover and access for inspection without pretending to verify the external certificate itself.

Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm responsibility
Five-year electrical inspection cycle
Report supply and remedial-work wording
Annual gas record references where gas is present
2024 NI safety regulations and current guidance
NI-05
Occupation

Repairs, condition, access and property-control boundaries

Broad clauses are decomposed so structural responsibility, tenant-caused damage, ordinary access, emergencies, inventories and cleaning are not merged into one unfair catch-all.

Structural repair transfers
Entry at any time or without an appointment
Inventory and condition evidence gaps
Cleaning, decoration and professional-service overreach
Private Tenancies (NI) Order 2006 and contract evidence
NI-06
Exit and liability

Term, break, Notice to Quit, joint liability and guarantees

The ending architecture is tested as a connected system rather than reviewing each sentence in isolation.

Fixed-term and periodic continuation conflict
Current NI Notice to Quit bands
Break conditions and service mechanics
Guarantor duration and replacement-tenant exposure
Current NI notice framework
Product Walkthrough

Follow the document through one controlled Northern Ireland route

Open each stage to see how the source file is preserved, jurisdiction is locked, clauses are connected, NI detectors are applied and the decision pack is assembled.

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Receive stage

Load the agreement that is actually being used

Upload the machine-readable PDF, Word document or plain-text file sent for signature, issue, renewal or reliance. Schedules and added terms should travel with the main document whenever they belong to the deal.

What the system does at this stage
01

Extract headings, paragraphs and page references where available

02

Preserve the supplied wording instead of replacing it with a template

03

Record unreadable or absent content as a coverage gap

Source document map
Every later finding can point back to the uploaded text.

The walkthrough mirrors the existing authentication and analysis route. It changes the page experience, not the backend contract workflow.

Send this agreement through the NI route
Typical Customer Scenarios

Different tenancy moments create different alert orders

The same Northern Ireland agreement can require a signing challenge, a reusable-template repair, a shared-liability map or a neutral evidence brief. The selected perspective determines what moves first.

CASE 0101
Tenant receiving a generic online form

The Belfast property is paired with an agreement full of English AST language

The address is in Northern Ireland, but the draft uses Section 21, council tax and fixed AST terminology.

Regime contaminationDeposit and rent wordingEnding-route replacement
Useful deliveryA clause list showing every imported term, the connected provisions it affects and the amendments to request before signature.
CASE 0202
Landlord or agent controlling a reusable precedent

A trusted old template has not caught up with the 2022 Act and 2024 safety rules

The document still works operationally, but its information notice, rent, deposit and electrical-report wording is stale.

Current NI statutory markersInternal consistencyReusable drafting repairs
Useful deliveryA correction queue that separates legal-frame defects from commercial clauses worth retaining in the controlled template.
CASE 0303
Joint tenants, students or a family guarantor

The signatures are simple; the continuing liability is not

One occupier may leave, another may replace them, and the guarantor wording continues until the landlord decides otherwise.

Joint and several exposureReplacement occupier processGuarantee scope and end point
Useful deliveryA responsibility map showing who can owe what, after which event, and which release or replacement wording needs to be negotiated.
CASE 0404
Existing tenancy facing a live change

A rent increase, deposit disagreement or proposed ending depends on the written terms

The parties need to separate what the contract says from current NI rules and external facts that the upload cannot prove.

Notice form and timingClause evidence and contradictionsVerification and escalation tasks
Useful deliveryA neutral evidence brief with clause anchors, document gaps and a clear boundary between automated analysis and professional advice.
NI Regulatory References

The legal source stack sits inside the detector design

Northern Ireland legislation is not a footer decoration here. The source layers below explain which agreement checks are driven by the 2006 Order, the 2022 Act, later safety regulations and live official registers.

Foundation layer

The Northern Ireland tenancy framework

These sources define the legal environment that the agreement must fit before individual commercial clauses are assessed.

2006Core order

Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

The underlying Northern Ireland framework for private tenancies, including obligations connected with repairs, access and tenancy operation.

Detector use: Supports the property-duty, access, term and responsibility checks across the uploaded agreement.
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27 Apr 2022Royal Assent

Private Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

Introduced the modern NI changes covering tenant information, receipts, deposits, rent, alarms, energy, electrical safety, notice periods and payment options.

Detector use: Acts as the central source map for the NI-specific detection categories on this page.
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1 Apr 2023In force

Tenancy Information Notice and Notice of Variation

A free Tenancy Information Notice is required within 28 days of granting the tenancy, with a variation notice required within 28 days of relevant changes.

Detector use: Compares agreement fields with the required information set and flags inconsistent change mechanics.
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Money and exit layer

Rules that change the financial and ending clauses

These controls are read together because a tenancy agreement can distribute cost and exit risk across several distant clauses.

1 Apr 2023In force

Deposit cap, protection and prescribed information

The deposit ceiling is one month of rent; protection is required within 28 days and written prescribed information within 35 days.

Detector use: Tests amount, timing, scheme wording, deductions, evidence and return provisions as one deposit system.
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1 Apr 2025In force

Northern Ireland rent increase controls

Rent cannot be increased within 12 months of the tenancy grant or the last increase, and three months' written notice is required.

Detector use: Flags at-any-time discretion, short notice, repeated increases and unclear effective-date wording.
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Current bandsCheck live rule

Notice to Quit periods for landlords and tenants

The minimum written period depends on the party giving notice and how long the tenancy has existed; longer section 11 periods remain subject to commencement steps.

Detector use: Checks whether the contractual period, break clause and service method fit the current Northern Ireland route.
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Safety and verification layer

Current property evidence and external checks

Vordex can review the contractual wording and flag missing evidence routes. It cannot certify an external register, scheme account or physical installation.

1 Dec 2024All PRS covered

Smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarm regulations

Landlords hold ultimate responsibility for sufficient compliant alarms and for repairing or replacing faults once notified.

Detector use: Finds clauses that omit the duty, dilute responsibility or merge alarm access with unrestricted entry.
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1 Dec 2025Existing tenancies covered

Electrical Safety Standards Regulations (NI) 2024

Private rented electrical installations require inspection at least every five years, report supply and timely remedial action under the current scheme.

Detector use: Checks inspection cycles, report handover, access wording and attempts to transfer statutory cost or responsibility.
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Live registersVerify externally

Landlord registration and approved deposit schemes

All private landlords in Northern Ireland must register, while deposits must be held through an approved scheme when the rules apply.

Detector use: Flags missing or unclear contract references and directs the user to verify the live record at source.
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Official source frame checked 25 July 2026. Vordex tests contract wording and identifies follow-up points; it does not certify a property, register entry, deposit account, safety installation or live deadline.

Northern Ireland remains the review jurisdiction
Pricing

Choose the depth of interrogation, not a subscription

Both routes keep the existing authentication and tenancy-analysis wiring. Detailed Analysis is built for a consequential decision; the Basic scan is a faster first filter.

Full decision route

Northern Ireland tenancy risk map

£17.99Detailed Analysis

Use the deeper route when the agreement affects signing, issuing, deposits, rent, safety records, joint liability, repairs, access or ending the tenancy and you need the evidence behind each priority.

Northern Ireland jurisdiction lock
Tenant, Landlord or Neutral weighting
Deeper clause-by-clause findings
Severity, quote and locator anchors
Connected-topic and conflict grouping
Specific amend, verify or escalate actions
Unlock the full NI risk map · £17.99
Rapid filter route

Essential NI agreement scan

£7.99

Use the lower-cost route when the document is more straightforward and the immediate task is to expose the clearest jurisdiction, money, safety, repair and ending problems.

Fast issue spotting from the uploaded agreement
Core Northern Ireland regime mismatch flags
Key deposit, rent, property and notice checks
Best suited to initial triage
Run the essential NI scan · £7.99

Fixed prices are shown before upload. Vordex supplies automated document assessment and general guidance; it does not verify outside records, advise as a solicitor or represent either party.

FAQ

Practical questions before the agreement enters the NI scan

These answers cover file choice, jurisdiction lock, external verification, perspective control and the two report depths. They are intentionally product-focused rather than a general tenancy-law guide.

Which file should I upload?

Use the exact version presented for signature, issue, renewal, negotiation or reliance. Include schedules, inventories, added terms and guarantor wording in one machine-readable PDF, Word document or plain-text file when those materials belong to the deal.

What does Northern Ireland jurisdiction lock change?

It prevents imported wording from silently switching the analysis to England, Wales or Scotland. AST, Section 21, occupation-contract and Scottish PRT language is reported as a possible defect while Northern Ireland remains the controlling frame.

Does Vordex confirm that a landlord, deposit or certificate is registered?

No. The product analyses the contract and flags missing, inconsistent or weak references. Registration, deposit-scheme status, safety reports and other external facts must be checked through the official register, scheme, council or adviser.

Can the report prioritise the tenant or landlord position?

Yes. Tenant, Landlord and Neutral lenses use the same clause evidence but change the priority order, explanation and practical next move. Wrong-jurisdiction, outdated and internally contradictory wording remains visible in every lens.

What is included in the £17.99 route?

Detailed Analysis is designed for deeper clause-by-clause findings, severity ranking, quote and location anchors where available, connected-topic grouping and a more complete action queue for an important decision.

When is the £7.99 scan suitable?

The Basic route is a faster first pass for a more straightforward agreement where the immediate aim is to expose the clearest Northern Ireland regime, money, safety, repair and ending issues.

Can the system read a photographed or image-only agreement?

Machine-readable PDF, Word and plain-text files give the strongest result. Image-only scans may not extract reliably because this workflow does not claim optical character recognition coverage.

Is the result legal advice?

No. Vordex supplies automated document assessment and general guidance. It is not your solicitor and cannot represent either side. Urgent eviction, harassment, safety, court or deadline matters should go to an official advice body or qualified legal professional.

Final NI decision gate

Do not let a generic UK template decide a Northern Ireland tenancy

Upload the agreement that will actually be signed or relied on. Keep Northern Ireland fixed, select the relevant perspective and receive a clause-linked risk map built around what needs to be changed, checked, retained or escalated.