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Leases (Commercial and Retail) Act 2001
47Frequency of rent reviews
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47 Frequency of rent reviews
(1) A lease provision is void if it allows a change to be made to rent more
than once in each 12 month period after the first anniversary of the
commencement of the lease.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not affect—
(a) a sublease provision that allows the sublessor to pass on to the
subtenant an increase in the rent of the head lease; or
(b) a provision that sets out the steps (whether by amount or
percentage) that rent will increase by at predetermined times
during the lease; or
(c) a provision that allows a change to be made to rent directly or
indirectly attributable to GST; or
(d) a provision that allows abatement of rent; or
(e) a provision that allows review of rent on the exercise of an
option to extend the lease; or
(f) an adjustment to turnover rent allowed under section 63
(Frequency of adjustments to turnover rent).