RETAIL LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 9
Copy of lease and retail tenancy guide to be provided at negotiation stage
RETAIL LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 9
Copy of lease and retail tenancy guide to be provided at negotiation stage
9 Copy of lease and retail tenancy guide to be provided at negotiation stage
(1) A person must not, as lessor or on behalf of the lessor, offer to enter
into a retail shop lease, invite an offer to enter into a retail shop lease or
indicate by written or broadcast advertisement that a retail shop is for
lease, unless--
(a) the person has in his or her possession a copy of the
proposed retail shop lease (in written form, but not necessarily including
particulars of the lessee, the rent or the term of the lease) for the purpose
of making the lease available for inspection by a prospective lessee, and
(b)
the person makes--
(i) a copy of the proposed lease, and
(ii) if the
regulations so provide--a copy of a retail tenancy guide prescribed by or
identified in the regulations,
available to any prospective lessee as soon as
the person enters into negotiations with the prospective lessee concerning the
lease.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.
(2) The copy of the retail
tenancy guide to be made available to a prospective lessee may be or be a copy
of--
(a) the officially printed guide, or
(b) a version of the guide printed
from a website of a government department or authority or from a website
identified in the regulations.
