Business Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 1964

2 Tenancies to which this Part does not apply. N.I.

(1) This Part does not apply—

F1 [(a) to a tenancy where the property comprised therein is let on a protected tenancy or subject to a statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 [1978 NI 20] but where, except for the preceding provision, this Part would apply to a tenancy and that tenancy ceases at any time to be a protected or, as the case may be, a statutory tenancy, then as from that time the provisions of this Part shall apply to that tenancy as if it were a tenancy continuing by virtue of section 3 after the expiry of a term certain exceeding one year;

(b)      ]

(c) to a tenancy under any lease to which The Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act …F2 applies;

(d) to a tenancy granted (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) for a term certain not exceeding three months unless the tenant has been in occupation for a period which, together with any period during which any predecessor in the carrying on of the business carried on by the tenant was in occupation, exceeds six months;

(e) to a tenancy of agricultural land, including farm houses and farm buildings;

(f) to a tenancy created (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) by a mining lease;

(g) to a tenancy where there subsists in the premises comprised in the tenancy an estate acquired (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) by a public authority which requires possession of such premises for the purposes of carrying out its functions under any enactment or any rule of law, and that authority would but for this Part be entitled to obtain possession of those premises;

(h) to a tenancy granted for or made dependent on (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) the continuance of the tenant in any office, employment or appointment;

(i) to a tenancy granted before the commencement of this Act which was granted and expressed to be granted for the temporary convenience of the immediate landlord or of the tenant;

(j) to a tenancy granted (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) by the personal representatives of a deceased owner of land in pursuance of the power conferred by section 40(1)( a) of the Administration of Estates Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 [1955 c.24] ;

(k) to a tenancy where the tenant thereunder is convicted after the commencement of this Act of using the premises comprised in such tenancy, or permitting such premises to be used, for an illegal purpose;

(l) to a tenancy granted (whether before or after the commencement of this Act) by any person in breach of any prohibition against granting such a tenancy contained in his contract of tenancy or any other agreement;

F3 [(m) to a tenancy where the tenant thereunder is—

(i) a lessee to whom section 1 of the Leasehold (Enlargement and Extension) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 [1971 c.7] applies; or

(ii) a lessee to whom an extended lease has been granted under the said Act of 1971.]

[F4 (n) to a tenancy granted by a landlord who is the holder of a licence under Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992 on the date of the commencement of the tenancy, or who becomes the holder of such a licence after that date, to a tenant who is the holder of such a licence on that date, or who becomes the holder of such a licence after that date]

(2) In subsection (1)( g) “public authority” includes any department of the Government of the United Kingdom or of Northern Ireland, any local authority, and any public body or authority constituted by or under any enactment[F4 and any holder of a licence under Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992].

F1 1978 NI 20

F2 1978 NI 4

F3 1971 c.7 (NI)

F4 1992 NI 1