Retail Leases Act 1994
16BGuarantees and other forms of security
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16B Guarantees and other forms of security
16B Guarantees and other forms of security
(1) A retail shop lease is taken to include a provision to the effect that the lessor is not entitled to unreasonably refuse to accept a guarantee from an authorised deposit-taking institution in satisfaction of any requirement to provide a security bond or other bond or a third party guarantee for the performance of the lessee’s obligations under the lease.
(2) Security provided otherwise than in the form of a security bond is not otherwise subject to the requirements of this Part (except section 16BA).
s 16B: Ins 2005 No 90, Sch 1 [22]. Am 2017 No 2, Sch 1 [31].