Making a debt claim
- Do not enforce protected rent debt during the moratorium period
UK Act of Parliament
2022
United Kingdom
Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022
At a glance
What's here
9 compliance obligations
What this Act requires
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Schedules
Using CRAR (the commercial rent arrears recovery power)
- Landlord cannot use CRAR to recover protected rent debts during moratorium
Enforcing a right of re-entry or forfeiture
- Landlord cannot evict for non-payment of protected rent debt during moratorium
Using landlord’s right to appropriate rent
- Apply tenant rent payments to unprotected coronavirus rent debts first
(1) This paragraph applies in relation to any payment of...
- Apply rent payments to unprotected debt first during moratorium period
Using tenant’s deposit to apply towards unpaid rent debt
- Do not use tenant’s deposit to recover unpaid rent during moratorium
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
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
Bankruptcy orders made before the day on which this Act is passed
- Trustee/official receiver must refer void bankruptcy orders to court
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
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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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