Temporary moratorium on certain remedies and insolvency arrangements
The Act establishes a system of resolving protected rent debt that considers the circumstances of tenants and landlords in the context of the pandemic.
	If landlords used other measures to recover protected rent debt, there would not be a genuine opportunity to use the Act’s system. Therefore, the Act introduces a moratorium on the use of certain remedies and measures whilst the application period for arbitration is open or arbitration under this legislation is in progress.
	During arbitration, certain remedies (including those restricted already) and measures are temporarily unavailable, to give priority to the arbitration process. In addition, where debt claims for or including protected rent debt have been started on or after 10 November 2021, they will be stayed if one of the parties applies for a stay and the claims are not concluded. Where a debt claim has been concluded before the Act was in force, the judgement debt may be subject to arbitration so far as it relates to protected rent debt. Bankruptcy petitions presented based on statutory demands or claims made on or after 10 November 2021 and resulting orders made are void.