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The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/768 · Made 19 March 2014

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Enforcement, England And Wales

Taking Control Of Goods

Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery

Made 19th March 2014

The Lord Chancellor makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 148(5) and (6) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2007 c.15.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2014.

(2)

In this Order, “the 2007 Act” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

2Provisions coming into force on 6th April 2014

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) to (6), the following provisions of the 2007 Act, so far as not already in force, come into force on 6th April 2014—

(a)

sections 62 to 89f1;

(b)

Schedules 12 to 14f2 and Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 23.

(2)

Section 85 does not come into force in relation to licences to occupy land as commercial premises.

(3)

Land is licensed to be occupied as commercial premises if none of the land to be occupied and nothing on it is either—

(a)

licensed, or otherwise permitted, to be occupied as a dwelling; or

(b)

occupied as a dwelling.

(4)

Land is licensed, or otherwise permitted, to be occupied as a dwelling if it is licensed or otherwise permitted to be occupied on terms permitting—

(a)

only occupation as a dwelling; or

(b)

other use or occupation combined with occupation as a dwelling.

(5)

Land is not within paragraph (3)(a) if permitting occupation as a dwelling is a breach of a superior licence or lease.

(6)

Land is not within paragraph (3)(b) if occupying it as a dwelling is a breach of the licence or of a superior licence or lease.

Signature

Signed by the authority of the Lord Chancellor

Edward Faulks

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

19th March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order is the eleventh commencement order under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (the 2007 Act) and brings into force, with one limited exception, Part 3 of the 2007 Act, which provides for the replacement of various powers of enforcement by way of execution and distraint by a procedure known as taking control of goods, and for the abolition of distress for rent and its replacement by a power (to be known as commercial rent arrears recovery, or CRAR) to use the taking control of goods procedure. The exception is in relation to section 85. Section 85 provides for contractual terms that grant similar rights to distress for rent or CRAR to be void. This Order does not commence section 85 in relation to licences to occupy commercial premises (commercial licences). This is to enable parties to continue to negotiate for a commercial licence to include terms granting similar rights to distress for rent or CRAR, as such rights are not otherwise available in the licence context.