Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This Act applies to a lease for premises, in the ACT, of the following kinds:
(a) retail premises other than large excluded premises;
(b) premises located in the retail area of a shopping centre other than large excluded premises;
(c) small commercial premises;
(d) premises under a lease to an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991 , or an entity eligible to be incorporated under that Act, other than premises used for residential purposes;
(e) premises under a lease to an unincorporated charitable entity, other than premises used for residential purposes;
(f) premises under a lease that are used to provide a combination of business accommodation and secretarial services;
(g) premises under a lease that are used as a child care centre;
(h) premises under a lease that are used as a sports centre (other than premises covered by another paragraph);
(i) premises under a lease that are used as an art gallery;
(j) premises under a lease that are used as a gardening supply centre;
(k) premises prescribed by regulation for this subsection.
Note Large excluded premises is defined at the end of the section, and small commercial premises is defined in the dictionary.
(2) However, this Act does not apply to a lease if—
(a) the lease is for premises prescribed by regulation for this paragraph; or
(b) the lease is prescribed by regulation for this paragraph; or
(c) the lease is for less than 6 months, unless the lease is a continuous occupation lease.
(3) Also, section 139 (Changing core trading hours) applies in relation to each lease for premises in the retail area of a shopping centre.
(4) For this section, it does not matter whether the lease was entered into outside the ACT or purports to be governed by the law of a jurisdiction other than the ACT.
(5) For this section, a lease includes—
(a) an agreement, whether in writing or not, that provides for the occupation of premises exclusively or otherwise, whether for a fixed term, periodically or at will; and
(b) a sublease or licence.
(6) However, a lease does not include—
(a) an agreement relating to the common area of a shopping centre that would be included only because it provides for someone to use a part of the area; or
(b) a territory lease; or
(c) a lease of vacant land; or
(d) a right to occupy land to build on the land.
(7) For this section:
"large excluded premises "means premises with a lettable area larger than 1000m 2 that are leased to a listed public company or a subsidiary of a listed public company.