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Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Act 2003
39Landlord to provide estimates and expenditure statement of
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39 Landlord to provide estimates and expenditure statement of
outgoings
(a) the landlord must give the tenant a written estimate of the
outgoings for which the tenant is liable under the lease to
make a payment to the landlord;
(b) the estimate of outgoings is to be given to the tenant:
(i) in respect of each accounting period of the landlord
during the term of the lease; and
(ii) before the lease is entered into and, during the term of
the lease, at least one month before the commencement
of the accounting period concerned;
(c) the landlord must make a written expenditure statement
available for examination by the tenant, detailing all
expenditure by the landlord on account of outgoings in respect
of which the tenant is liable under the lease to make a
payment to the landlord;
(d) the expenditure statement is to be made available at least
twice in each of the landlord's accounting periods during the
term of the lease, being:
(i) once in relation to expenditure during the first 6 months
of each of the accounting periods; and
(ii) once in relation to expenditure during the second
6 months of each of the accounting periods;
within one month after the end of the 6 month period to which
the expenditure statement relates;
(e) for paragraphs (a) and (c), the relevant outgoings are to be
itemised in the manner specified in the prescribed form of
landlord's disclosure statement in relation to such outgoings.