Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022

6“The matter of relief from payment”U.K.

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(1)References to the matter of relief from payment of a protected rent debt are to all issues relating to the questions—

(a)whether there is a protected rent debt of any amount, and

(b)if so, whether the tenant should be given relief from payment of that debt and, if so, what relief.

(2)Relief from payment”, in relation to a protected rent debt, means any one or more of the following—

(a)writing off the whole or any part of the debt;

(b)giving time to pay the whole or any part of the debt, including by allowing the whole or any part of the debt to be paid by instalments;

(c)reducing (including to zero) any interest otherwise payable by the tenant under the terms of the tenancy in relation to the whole or any part of the debt.

Commencement Information

I1S. 6 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 31(4)