LEASES (COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL) ACT 2001 - SECT 118 Failure to notify material change in disclosure statement

LEASES (COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL) ACT 2001 - SECT 118

In addition to any other right the tenant has, the tenant may, within 3 months after a lease is entered into, terminate the lease by giving the lessor 14 days written notice of termination if the lessor—

        (a)     failed to tell the tenant under section 34 (Notice of material changes) of a material change in information provided in a disclosure statement relating to the lease; or

        (b)     provided notice under that section that omitted a material particular or contained information that the lessor knew, or should reasonably have known, was false or misleading in a material particular.

Note     For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.5.