New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RETAIL LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 9

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.