Legislation – Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022

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PART 1Introductory provisions

5“Protected period”

(1)

The “protected period”, in relation to a business tenancy adversely affected by coronavirus, is the period beginning with 21 March 2020 and ending with—

(a)

where the business tenancy comprises premises in England—

(i)

if subsection (2) identifies a day earlier than 18 July 2021, that day, or

(ii)

in any other case, 18 July 2021;

(b)

where the business tenancy comprises premises in Wales—

(i)

if subsection (2) identifies a day earlier than 7 August 2021, that day, or

(ii)

in any other case, 7 August 2021.

(2)

The relevant day for the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(i) or (b)(i) is the last day on which (or for part of which)—

(a)

the whole or part of the business carried on by the tenant at or from the premises, or

(b)

the whole or part of those premises,

was of a description subject to either a closure requirement or a specific coronavirus restriction.

(3)

In subsection (2) “specific coronavirus restriction” means a restriction or requirement (other than a closure requirement) imposed by coronavirus regulations which regulated any aspect of—

(a)

the way a business, or a part of a business, of any specified description was to be carried on, or

(b)

the way any premises, or any part of premises, of a specified description were or was to be used.

(4)

But for the purposes of subsection (3)—

(a)

requirements to display or provide information on premises (or parts of premises), and

(b)

restrictions applying more generally than to specific descriptions of businesses or premises (or parts of businesses or premises),

are not specific coronavirus restrictions.

(5)

In this section “closure requirement” and “coronavirus regulations” have the same meaning as in section 4.