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1(1)This paragraph applies where a landlord under a business tenancy is owed a protected rent debt and the tenant is a company.
(2)The landlord may not, during the moratorium period for the debt, present a petition for the winding up of the company under section 124 of the Insolvency Act 1986 on a ground specified—
(a)in the case of a registered company, in section 122(1)(f) of that Act, or
(b)in the case of an unregistered company, in section 221(5)(b) of that Act,
unless the landlord is owed a debt by the company which is not a protected rent debt.
(3)In this paragraph—
“the moratorium period”, in relation to a protected rent debt, has the same meaning as in section 23;
“registered company” means a company registered under the Companies Act 2006 in England and Wales or Scotland;
“unregistered company” has the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
(4)This paragraph, so far as relating to registered companies, applies to limited liability partnerships.
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