Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PROPERTY LAW ACT 1969 - SECT 83A

83A .         Interpretation

                In this Division —

            (a)         a reference to an option contained in a lease is a reference to a right on the part of the lessee to require the lessor —

                  (i)         to sell, or offer to sell, to the lessee the reversion expectant on the lease; or

                  (ii)         to grant, or offer to grant, to the lessee a renewal or extension of the lease, or a further lease, of the demised premises or a part thereof,

                whether the right is conferred by the lease or by an agreement collateral to the lease; and

            (b)         a reference to a breach by a lessee of his obligations under a lease containing an option is a reference to a breach of those obligations by act or omission in so far as the act or omission would constitute a breach of those obligations if there were no option contained in the lease.

        [Section 83A inserted by No. 35 of 1973 s. 3.]