BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 25 Groups of companies.

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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 25

Groups of companies.

25.(1) For the purposes of this section two bodies corporate shall be taken to
be members of a group if and only if one is a subsidiary of the other or both
are subsidiaries of a third body corporate.

(2) In subsection (1) "subsidiary" has the same meaning as is assigned to it
for the purposes of the Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960, by section 148
of that Act.

(3) Where a tenancy is held by a member of a group, occupation by another
member of the group, and the carrying on of a business by another member of
the group, shall be treated for the purposes of section 1 as equivalent to
occupation or the carrying on of a business by the member of the group holding
the tenancy; 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 use or occupation by, the tenant shall be construed as
including references to the business of, or to use or occupation by, the said
other member;

(b)the reference in section 15(2)(d) to the tenant shall be construed as
including the said other member; and

(c)an assignment of the tenancy from one member of the group to another shall
not be treated as a change in the person of the tenant.

(4) Where the landlord's estate is held by a member of a group the reference
in section 10(1)(g) to intended occupation for the purposes of a business to
be carried on by the landlord shall be construed as including intended
occupation for the purposes of a business to be carried on by any member of
the group.

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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 25