The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2021 were laid before Parliament today and come into force on Friday (March 26th): see here or here (pdf). The accompanying explanatory memorandum - available here (pdf) - explains the purpose of the Regulations as follows (para. 2):
... to further extend the duration of some of the temporary measures introduced by the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 ... beyond their current expiration dates ... [including] suspending liability for wrongful trading in the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (Coronavirus) (Suspension of Liability for Wrongful Trading and Extension of the Relevant Period) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1349) ... from the current expiry date of 30 April 2021 to 30 June 2021".
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