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Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001
136Relocation clauses
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136 Relocation clauses
(1) A lease that allows the tenant to be relocated within the shopping
centre must include provisions to the effect of the following:
(a) if the lessor intends to relocate the tenant—the lessor must give
the tenant at least 3 months written notice of the relocation
(the relocation notice) and include an offer to provide
alternative comparable premises (the alternative premises) for a
period equivalent to the unexpired term of the existing lease on
terms no less favourable than those applying to the premises
originally leased;
(b) the tenant may give written notice to the lessor within 1 month
after receiving the relocation notice of the tenant’s intention to
terminate the lease, and if the tenant does, the termination takes
effect 3 months after the relocation notice was received by the
tenant, unless the parties otherwise agree;
(c) if the tenant accepts the offer of the alternative premises made
in the relocation notice—the lessor must give the tenant a new
lease in accordance with the offer;
(d) the lessor must pay the tenant’s reasonable costs of relocation
and pay reasonable compensation to the tenant for any other loss
or damage incurred by the tenant because of the relocation;
(e) in working out what is reasonable compensation consideration
must be given to any concession given to the tenant because the
lease contains a relocation provision.
(2) In subsection (1):
comparable premises include premises that have not yet been built.