BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964

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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 3



3.(1) A tenancy to which this Part applies shall not come to an end unless
terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Part; and subject to the
following provisions of this Part such a tenancy may be terminated by

(a)a notice to determine served by the landlord in accordance with the
provisions of section 4; or

(b)a request for a new tenancy made by the tenant in accordance with the
provisions of section 5.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1)

(a)where a tenancy has been continued by virtue of subsection (1) and at any
time thereafter ceases to be a tenancy to which this Part applies, it shall
not come to an end by reason only of the cesser, but (without prejudice to its
termination in accordance with any terms of the tenancy) it may be terminated
by not less than three nor more than six months' notice in the prescribed form
served by the landlord on the tenant;

(b)where at a time when a tenancy is not one to which this Part applies by
reason only that premises comprised in the tenancy are not occupied by the
tenant for the purposes of a business, and the immediate landlord serves
notice to quit, the operation of the notice shall not be affected by reason
that after the service of the notice such premises are occupied by the tenant
for the purposes of a business by reason of which the tenancy becomes one to
which this Part applies;

(c)if at any time within twelve months before the date of expiry of a tenancy
dependent on the effluxion of time

(i)the immediate landlord serves a notice in the prescribed form on the tenant
stating that such landlord requires possession of the premises comprised in
such tenancy at the said date of expiry; and

(ii)at the date of the service of such notice the tenancy is not one to which
this Part applies by reason that premises comprised in the tenancy are not
occupied by the tenant for the purposes of a business;

(3) For the purposes of this Part "notice to determine" means a notice served
by the landlord in accordance with section 4, and "notice to quit" means a
notice to end a tenancy served by the immediate landlord in accordance with
the provisions (whether express or implied) of that tenancy.

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BUSINESS TENANCIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 3