Agenda item

Legislation

To receive a report setting out measures introduced into Parliament which may have an effect on the services provided by the City Corporation.

Minutes:

The Court received a report on measures introduced by Parliament which might have an effect on the services provided by the City Corporation as follows: -

 

 

Statutory Instruments

The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) and Licensing Act 2003 (Personal and Premises Licences) (Forms) Order 2021 No. 689

 

This Order amends the list of documents which can be produced in order to evidence an individual’s right to enter into a tenancyagreement in England. The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) Order 2014 sets out the prescribed requirements for eligibility checks on prospective occupiers and those occupiers who are renewing their tenancy agreements, which must be complied with by landlords and agents. This Order amends the 2014 Order, to amend the list of documents applicable to eligibility checks. It also provides for a revised code of practice to come into force on 1st July 2021, reflecting the changes made to the 2014 Order by this Order.

 

 

Date in force

1st July 2021

 

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 No. 705

These Regulations amend previous Coronavirus Regulations which came into force on 29th March 2021 and which placed restrictions on gatherings and businesses. These Regulations extend the date on which those Coronavirus Regulations expire from 30th June to 19th July 2021, to give legal effect to the Government’s delay in liftingCoronavirus restrictions. These regulations also remove most limits on the numbers of people who may attend a wedding or civil partnership, or a commemorative event following a person’s death.

 

20th June 2021

 

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 No. 718

Schedule 10 to the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 temporarily modifies aspects of corporate insolvency law so as to mitigate the effects of coronavirus, by placing restrictions on winding-up petitions. Previous Regulations have extended the period within which the temporary provision in Schedule 10 has effect. These Regulations further extend this period from 30th June 2021 until 30th September 2021.

 

22nd June 2021

 

The Business Tenancies (Protection from Forfeiture: Relevant Period) (Coronavirus) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 No. 732

The Coronavirus Act provides that a right of re-entry or forfeiture, under a relevant business tenancy, for non-payment of rent may not be enforced during the “relevant period”, which was until 30th June2020. This period has been extended several times by previous Regulations. These Regulations extend the relevant period until 25th March 2022.

30th June 2021

 

 

(The text of the measures and the explanatory notes may be obtained from the Remembrancer’s Office.)

 

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