Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (2022 c. 12)
- Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 (2022 c. 12)
- PART 1 Introductory provisions
- 1 Overview
- 2 “Rent” and “business tenancy”
- 3 “Protected rent debt”
- 4 “Adversely affected by coronavirus”
- 5 “Protected period”
- 6 “The matter of relief from payment”
- PART 2 Arbitration
- Approved arbitration bodies
- 7 Approval of arbitration bodies
- 8 Functions of approved arbitration bodies
- References to arbitration by tenant or landlord
- 9 Period for making a reference to arbitration
- 10 Requirements for making a reference to arbitration
- Proposals for resolving the matter of relief from payment
- 11 Proposals for resolving the matter of relief from payment
- 12 Written statements
- Arbitration awards
- 13 Arbitration awards available
- 14 Arbitrator’s award on the matter of relief from payment
- 15 Arbitrator’s principles
- 16 Arbitrator: assessment of “viability” and “solvency”
- 17 Timing of arbitrator’s award
- 18 Publication of award
- Arbitration fees and oral hearings
- 19 Arbitration fees and expenses
- 20 Oral hearings
- Guidance
- 21 Guidance
- Modification of Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996
- 22 Modification of Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996
- PART 3 Moratorium on certain remedies and insolvency arrangements
- 23 Temporary moratorium on enforcement of protected rent debts
- 24 Alteration of moratorium period
- 25 Temporary restriction on initiating certain insolvency arrangements
- 26 Temporary restriction on initiating arbitration proceedings
- 27 Temporary restriction on winding-up petitions and petitions for bankruptcy orders
- PART 4 Final provisions
- 28 Power to apply Act in relation to future periods of coronavirus control
- 29 Concurrent power for Welsh Ministers to apply moratorium provisions again
- 30 Crown application
- 31 Extent, commencement and short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Modifications of the Arbitration Act 1996 in relation to arbitrations under this Act
- SCHEDULE 2 Temporary moratorium on enforcement of protected rent debts
- Preliminary: interpretation
- Making a debt claim
- Debt claims made before the day on which this Act is passed
- Using CRAR (the commercial rent arrears recovery power)
- Enforcing a right of re-entry or forfeiture
- Using landlord’s right to appropriate rent
- Using tenant’s deposit to apply towards unpaid rent debt
- SCHEDULE 3 Winding-up and bankruptcy petitions
- Prohibition on presenting a winding-up petition solely in relation to a protected rent debt
- Prohibition on presenting a bankruptcy order petition in relation to a protected rent debt
- Bankruptcy orders made before the day on which this Act is passed
- Interpretation
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