The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020

N.I.

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 111

Business Tenancies

The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020

Made

23rd June 2020

Coming into operation

29th June 2020

The Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(7) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 F1, makes the following Regulations.

F12020 c. 7. See section 82(12) for meaning of “national authority”

Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 29th June 2020.

(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 F2 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 1 in force at 29.6.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Extension of “relevant period”N.I.

2.  For the purposes of the definition of the relevant period in section 83(7) of the Coronavirus Act 2020 the relevant period ends on 30th September 2020.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 2 in force at 29.6.2020, see reg. 1(2)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 23rd June 2020

L.S.

Alan Brontë

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 83 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced, by action or otherwise, during the relevant period. “Relevant period” is defined in subsection (7) as the period starting with Royal Assent and ending with 30th June 2020 (or such later date as may be specified in Regulations).

These Regulations provide that the relevant period is extended to 30th September 2020.