# Business Tenancies Act (Northern Ireland) 1964, Section 1: Tenancies to which this Part applies.


(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, this Part applies to any tenancy where the property comprised in the tenancy is or includes premises which are occupied by the tenant and are so occupied for the purposes of a business carried on by the tenant, or for those and other purposes.
(2) In this Part the expression “business” includes—
(a) a trade, profession or employment; and
(b) any activity carried on by a body of persons whether corporate or unincorporate;
whether or not carried on for gain or reward; but premises shall not be deemed to be occupied for the purposes of a business by reason that the occupier thereof carries on the business of subletting the premises or parts of the premises, whether or not the provision of any services is undertaken in connection with such subletting.
(3) In the following provisions of this Part the expression “the holding” , in relation to a tenancy to which this Part applies, means the property comprised in the tenancy, there being excluded any part thereof which is occupied neither by the tenant nor by a person employed by the tenant and so employed for the purposes of a business by reason of which the tenancy is one to which this Part applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1964/36/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/business-tenancies-act-northern-ireland-1964/section-1
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