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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 24

Trusts.

24.(1) Where a tenancy is held on trust, occupation by all or any of the
beneficiaries under the trust, and the carrying on of a business by all or any
of the beneficiaries, shall be treated for the purposes of section 1 as
equivalent to occupation or the carrying on of a business by the tenant; and
in relation to a tenancy to which this Part applies by virtue of the foregoing
provisions of this subsection

(a)references (however expressed) in this Part and in Schedule 2 to the
business of, or to carrying on of business, use or occupation by, the tenant
shall be construed as including references to the business of, or to carrying
on of business, use or occupation by, the beneficiaries or beneficiary;

(b)the reference in section 15(2)(d) to the tenant shall be construed as
including the beneficiaries or beneficiary; and

(c)a change in the persons of the trustees shall not be treated as a change in
the person of the tenant.

(2) Where the landlord's estate is held on trust the references in subsection
(1)(g) of section 10 to the landlord shall be construed as including
references to the beneficiaries under the trust or any of them; but, except in
the case of a trust arising under a will or on the intestacy of any person,
the reference in subsection (3) of that section to the creation of the estate
therein mentioned shall be construed as including the creation of the trust.

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