27No payment of rent etc. when landlord's fitout not completed

27 No payment of rent etc. when landlord's fitout not completed (1) This section applies to a retail shop lease if: (a) the liability of the tenant to pay rent under the lease begins on the tenant entering into possession of the retail shop (whether or not the tenant is required to enter into possession by a specified date); and (b) the landlord has fitout obligations under the lease. (2) A retail shop lease to which this section applies is taken to provide that: (a) the tenant is not liable to pay rent, or another amount payable under the lease by the tenant (such as an amount payable in respect of outgoings), in respect of a period before the landlord has substantially complied with the landlord's fitout obligations; and (b) the landlord is not entitled to deny the tenant possession of the retail shop merely because the landlord has not complied with the landlord's fitout obligations under the lease.