Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
sec.154Particular leases continue to be retail shop leases
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sec.154 Particular leases continue to be retail shop leases
This section applies in relation to a lease if— immediately before the commencement, the lease was a retail shop lease; and but for subsection (2), the lease would not be a retail shop lease because of section 5A(2)(a) or (c). Despite section 5A(2)(a) or (c), the lease is, and has always been, a retail shop lease. In this section— commencement means the commencement of the Retail Shop Leases Amendment Act 2016 , section 5. s 154 ins 2017 No. 17 s 222 (sec.154-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a lease if— immediately before the commencement, the lease was a retail shop lease; and but for subsection (2), the lease would not be a retail shop lease because of section 5A(2)(a) or (c). (sec.154-ssec.2) Despite section 5A(2)(a) or (c), the lease is, and has always been, a retail shop lease. (sec.154-ssec.3) In this section— commencement means the commencement of the Retail Shop Leases Amendment Act 2016 , section 5.
- (a) immediately before the commencement, the lease was a retail shop lease; and
- (b) but for subsection (2), the lease would not be a retail shop lease because of section 5A(2)(a) or (c).