Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Business Tenancies
Made
16th December 2020
Coming into operation
21st December 2020
The Department of Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 83(7) of the Coronavirus Act 2020(1), makes the following Regulations.
1.—(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) 1954(2) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 1 in operation at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(1)
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 31st March 2021.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 2 in operation at 21.12.2020, see reg. 1(1)
3. The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020(3) are revoked.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 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 Brontë
A senior officer of the Department of Finance
(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.
2020 c. 7. See section 82(12) for meaning of “national authority”