Section 48 and Schedule 18: Powers to act for the protection of public health: Northern Ireland Section 83: Business tenancies in Northern Ireland: protection from forfeiture etc
This section establishes that where non-payment of rent enables a landlord to treat a lease as forfeited, that right cannot be exercised for a relevant period. The relevant period commenced on the date on which the Coronavirus Bill (now Act) obtained Royal Assent (25th March 2020) and will end on 30th June 2020-with a power for the Department of Finance in Northern Ireland to extend the period if it is needed.
	The protection applies to all business tenancies within the meaning of the Business Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and to any tenancy to which the Order would apply if any relevant occupier were the tenant.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is Northern Ireland only.