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Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001
132Advertising and promotion levy—other leases
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132 Advertising and promotion levy—other leases
(1) This section applies to the lessor’s accounting periods after the first
accounting period under a lease.
(2) If the lease requires the tenant to pay an amount to the lessor for
advertising and promotion costs, the lessor can only levy the amount
if—
(a) at least 1 month before the start of each accounting period of the
lessor—the lessor makes available to the tenant a marketing plan
that gives details of the lessor’s proposed expenditure on
advertising and promotion during the accounting period and
indicates the amount (if any) previously levied for advertising
or promotional purposes but not spent; or
(b) if the amount relates to an opening promotion for the relevant
shopping centre—at least 1 month before the opening
promotion, the lessor makes details of the proposed expenditure
on the promotion available to the tenant.
(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—
(a) for costs relating to an opening promotion of the shopping
centre—if the details were not made available to the tenant in
accordance with subsection (2) (b); or
(b) in any other case—if no expenditure plan has been provided.