South Australian Consolidated Acts

LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1936 - SECT 61A

61A—Commercial tenancy agreements may be in registrable form

        (1)         Where the tenant to a proposed commercial tenancy agreement requests that a lease embodying the terms of the agreement in registrable form be prepared, the landlord must, subject to subsection (2)—

            (a)         prepare a lease in accordance with the request; and

            (b)         on tender by the tenant of the appropriate amount for any fees or expenses for which the tenant is legally liable, have the lease registered.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply—

            (a)         if the term of the tenancy is to be for a period of one year or less; or

            (b)         if the commercial tenancy agreement will not confer an exclusive right of occupation; or

            (c)         if the landlord does not have a registered interest in the premises subject to the agreement; or

            (d)         in any other case of a prescribed kind.

        (3)         A provision in a commercial tenancy agreement that purports to prevent registration of a commercial tenancy agreement in the Lands Titles Registration Office or in the General Registry Office is void.