2020 No. 332

Business Tenancies

The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(7) of the Coronavirus Act 20201, makes the following Regulations.

Citation, commencement and interpretationI11

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 21st December 2020.

2

The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 19542 applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Extension of “relevant period”I22

For the purposes of the definition of the relevant period in section 83(7) of the Coronavirus Act 2020, the relevant period ends on 31st March 2021.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 2 in operation at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(1)

RevocationI33

The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 20203 are revoked.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 3 in operation at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(1)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 16th December 2020.

(L.S.)Alan BrontëA 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.

Regulation 2 provides that the relevant period is extended to 31st March 2021.

Regulation 3 revokes the Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020.