Moved by
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel
25: After Clause 27, insert the following new Clause—
“Concurrent power for Welsh Ministers to apply moratorium provisions again
(1) The Welsh Ministers may exercise the power conferred by section 27, concurrently with the Secretary of State, so far as it relates to the re-application, in relation to Welsh business tenancies, of—
(a) Schedule 2 apart from paragraph 3(6) and (7),
(b) section 23 so far as relating to Schedule 2 apart from paragraph 3(6) and (7), and
(c) Part 1 and this Part, so far as relating to the provision mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).
(2) Section 27 has effect in relation to regulations made by the Welsh Ministers by virtue of this section as if—
(a) references to the Secretary of State were to the Welsh Ministers,
(b) subsection (1A)(a)(i) and (iii) and (b) were omitted,
(c) in subsection (7)—
(i) the references in paragraph (b) to provisions of this Act were references to provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (c) above, and
(ii) the reference in paragraph (d) to an Act of Parliament included a reference to an Act or Measure of Senedd Cymru,
(d) subsection (7B) were omitted, and
(e) in subsection (8)(b), for “each House of Parliament” there were substituted “Senedd Cymru”.
(3) In Schedule 7B to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (general restrictions on legislative competence of Senedd Cymru), in paragraph 11(6)(b) (exceptions to restrictions relating to Ministers of the Crown)—
(a) omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (vii), and
(b) after paragraph (viii) insert “; or
(ix) section 27 of the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022.””
Member’s explanatory statement
The amendment would insert a new Clause enabling the Welsh Ministers, concurrently with the Secretary of State, to use the section 27 power to apply again the moratorium provisions specified in subsection (1)(a) to (c) of the new clause in relation to Welsh business tenancies affected by new coronavirus restrictions in Wales.