Making a debt claim
- Do not enforce protected rent debt during the moratorium period Landlord
UK Act of Parliament
2022
United Kingdom
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022
At a glance
What's here
9 compliance obligations
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Landlord 8
- Director or Officer 1
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Landlords also bound by 216 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 2016 74 duties
- Housing Act 1985 1985 53 duties
- Housing Act 1996 1996 30 duties
- The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003 2003 27 duties
- The Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2004 2004 26 duties
Directors and Officers also bound by 425 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 161 duties
- Companies Act 2006 2006 108 duties
- Insolvency Act 1986 1986 72 duties
- The Large and Medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 2008 55 duties
- The Housing Administration (England and Wales) Rules 2018 2018 26 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Using CRAR (the commercial rent arrears recovery power)
- Landlord cannot use CRAR to recover protected rent debts during moratorium Landlord
Enforcing a right of re-entry or forfeiture
- Landlord cannot evict for non-payment of protected rent debt during moratorium Landlord
Using landlord’s right to appropriate rent
- Apply tenant rent payments to unprotected coronavirus rent debts first Landlord
(1) This paragraph applies in relation to any payment of...
- Apply rent payments to unprotected debt first during moratorium period Landlord
Using tenant’s deposit to apply towards unpaid rent debt
- Do not use tenant’s deposit to recover unpaid rent during moratorium Landlord
Prohibition on presenting a winding-up petition solely in relation to a protected rent debt
- Do not present winding-up petition for protected rent debt during moratorium Landlord
Prohibition on presenting a bankruptcy order petition in relation to a protected rent debt
- Landlord must not start bankruptcy against individual tenant for protected COVID rent debt Landlord
Bankruptcy orders made before the day on which this Act is passed
- Trustee/official receiver must refer void bankruptcy orders to court Director or Officer
Browse 7 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996 has effect in...
Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996 has effect in...
The modifications under paragraphs 1 and 2 are without prejudice...
Preliminary: interpretation
Debt claims made before the day on which this Act is passed
(1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a superior landlord enforces,...
Interpretation
Browse 31 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Overview
“Rent” and “business tenancy”
“Protected rent debt”
“Adversely affected by coronavirus”
“Protected period”
“The matter of relief from payment”
Approval of arbitration bodies
Functions of approved arbitration bodies
Period for making a reference to arbitration
Requirements for making a reference to arbitration
Proposals for resolving the matter of relief from payment
Written statements
Arbitration awards available
Arbitrator’s award on the matter of relief from payment
Arbitrator’s principles
Arbitrator: assessment of “viability” and “solvency”
Timing of arbitrator’s award
Publication of award
Arbitration fees and expenses
Oral hearings
Guidance
Modification of Part 1 of the Arbitration Act 1996
Temporary moratorium on enforcement of protected rent debts
Alteration of moratorium period
Temporary restriction on initiating certain insolvency arrangements
Temporary restriction on initiating arbitration proceedings
Temporary restriction on winding-up petitions and petitions for bankruptcy orders
Power to apply Act in relation to future periods of coronavirus control
Concurrent power for Welsh Ministers to apply moratorium provisions again
Crown application
Extent, commencement and short title
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