# Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022, Paragraph 1: Preliminary: interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) This Schedule applies in relation to a protected rent debt under a business tenancy.
(2) In this Schedule—
(a) references to “the protected debt” or “the debt” are to the whole or any part of that protected rent debt;
(b) “the business tenancy” is the business tenancy under which the protected debt arose;
(c) “the landlord” and “the tenant” refer respectively to the landlord and the tenant under that tenancy;
(d) “the moratorium period”, in relation to the protected debt, has the meaning given by section 23(2);
(e) a reference to doing something “in relation to” the protected debt includes, where appropriate, its being done on the basis of the debt.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/12/schedule/2/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/commercial-rent-coronavirus-act-2022/schedule-2/paragraph-1
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