COVID-19 Disease Emergency (Commercial Leases) Act 2020
11Certain acts or omissions, relating to legal requirements in relation to disease, are authorised
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11 Certain acts or omissions, relating to legal requirements in relation to disease, are authorised
An act or omission, of a lessee, or a lessor, in relation to a commercial lease (whether or not it is a protected lease), that is an act, or omission, that, during or before the financial hardship period, is –
(a) required, in response to the disease or the disease-related factors, under the laws of the State or the Commonwealth; or
(b) reasonably required, in response to the disease or the disease-related factors, in order for the lessee or the lessor to comply with the laws of the State or the Commonwealth –
does not, either during or after the financial hardship period, amount to a breach of the lease and does not constitute grounds for the taking of any prohibited lessor action by the lessor or the taking of any action by the lessee against the lessor.