LEASES (COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL) ACT 2001 - SECT 27 Tenant not required to pay fees

LEASES (COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL) ACT 2001 - SECT 27

If the tenant is required, in contravention of section 26, to use the services of a lawyer nominated by the lessor—

        (a)     the tenant is not liable to pay fees for the lawyer's services in relation to the lease; and

        (b)     the lessor is liable to pay the tenant the amount of any fee paid by the tenant to the lawyer for the services; and

        (c)     the lessor is liable to pay any unpaid fee for the lawyer's services that the tenant is not liable to pay because of paragraph (a).