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Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001
131Advertising and promotion levy—new leases
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131 Advertising and promotion levy—new leases
(1) This section applies to the lessor’s first accounting period under a new
lease, whether it is a full accounting period or the remainder of an
accounting period.
(2) If the lease requires the tenant to pay an amount to the lessor for
advertising and promotion costs, the amount can be levied only if,
before the lease was entered into, the lessor made available to the
tenant a marketing plan giving details of the lessor’s proposed
expenditure on advertising and promotion during the accounting
period or remainder of the accounting period.
(3) If the lessor fails to substantially comply with subsection (2), the
tenant is not liable to pay an amount for advertising and promotion
costs and may recover any amount already paid for those costs.