2020 No. 1472

Landlord And Tenant

The Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 82(12) of the Coronavirus Act 20201, makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 3) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 30th December 2020.

2

These Regulations apply in relation to England.

Extension of “relevant period”2

31st March 2021 is specified for the purposes of paragraph (b) in the definition of “relevant period” in section 82(12) of the Coronavirus Act 20202.

Revocation3

The Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 are revoked3.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Kelly TolhurstParliamentary Under Secretary of StateMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 82 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 (12) as the period starting with the day after Royal Assent and ending with 30th of June (or such later date as may be specified in regulations.

The relevant period was extended to 30th September 2020 by the Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/602). It was further extended to 31st December 2020 by the Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/994).

These Regulations provide that the relevant period is extended to 31st March 2021. They also revoke S.I. 2020/994.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument due to the temporary nature of the provision.