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The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 3) Regulations 2021

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2021-09-16

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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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[^f00001], makes the following Regulations.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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[^f00002] applies to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Extension of “relevant period”

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.

Revocation

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The Business Tenancies (Coronavirus) (Restriction on Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2021[^f00003] are revoked.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 16th September 2021.

Sharon Magee — A senior officer of the Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2020 c. 7.

[^f00002]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2021 No. 185

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