COMMERCIAL TENANCY (RETAIL SHOPS) AGREEMENTS ACT 1985 - SECT 14B

COMMERCIAL TENANCY (RETAIL SHOPS) AGREEMENTS ACT 1985 - SECT 14B

14B .         Landlord’s legal costs of lease etc. not claimable from tenant

        (1)         A landlord under a retail shop lease is not able to claim from any person (including the tenant) the landlord’s legal or other expenses relating to —

            (a)         the negotiation, preparation or execution of —

                  (i)         the lease; or

                  (ii)         a renewal of the lease; or

                  (iii)         an extension of the lease;

                or

            (b)         obtaining the consent of a mortgagee to the lease; or

            (c)         the landlord’s compliance with this Act.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not prevent the landlord from claiming the reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by the landlord in connection with an assignment of the lease or a sub-lease, including investigating a proposed assignee or sub-lessee and obtaining any necessary consents to the assignment or sub-lease.

        [Section 14B inserted: No. 59 of 2011 s. 14.]