RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEASES REGULATIONS 2010 - REG 7

RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEASES REGULATIONS 2010 - REG 7

7—Minimum 5 year term—exclusion

Pursuant to section 20B(3)(f) of the Act, a retail shop lease is excluded from the ambit of Part 4A Division 2 of the Act if—

            (a)         the lessee is the lessor's spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, step-parent, child, grandchild, step-child, brother or sister, or the spouse or domestic partner of the lessor's child, grandchild, step-child, brother or sister; or

            (b)         the lessor is—

                  (i)         an incorporated association within the meaning of the Associations Incorporation Act 1985 ; or

                  (ii)         a body established on a non-profit basis for a purpose of a kind referred to in section 18(1) of that Act,

and the right of occupation granted under the lease is for less than an average of 15 hours in each week over the term of the lease.