New South Wales Consolidated Acts

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (ST GEORGE CAMPUS) ACT 1999 - SECT 4

4 Avoidance of leases of St George campus granted on or after 1.4.99

(1) This section applies if any lease of the St George campus, or any part of the St George campus, has been granted by or on behalf of the University Council on or after 1 April 1999 but before the commencement of this section.

(2) Any lease of the kind referred to in subsection (1), together with any sublease of any such lease, is, by this section, declared to be void ab initio.

(3) Without limiting the consequences that otherwise follow as a result of a lease or sublease becoming void ab initio:

(a) any payment under a voided lease made by or on behalf of the lessee to the lessor under the lease is to be repaid by the lessor to the lessee, and

(b) no action, liability, claim or demand lies against the lessee under a voided lease, or against any other person, for or with respect to anything done or omitted to be done by or on behalf of the lessee under the authority of the lease.