Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Business Tenancies
Made
16th September 2021
Coming into operation
29th September 2021
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 2021 and come into operation on 29th September 2021.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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 25th March 2022.
3. The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021(3) are revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 16th September 2021.
(L.S.)
Sharon Magee
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.
Regulation 2 provides that, further to previous statutory extensions, the relevant period is now extended to 25th March 2022.
Regulation 3 revokes the Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021.