15Copy of lease to be provided at negotiation stage

15 Copy of lease to be provided at negotiation stage S. 15(1) amended by Nos 69/2012 s. 3(1), 16/2017 s. 33. (1) A landlord who— (a) offers to enter into a retail premises lease; or (b) advertises by any means that retail premises are for lease— must, as soon as the landlord enters into negotiations with a person about the lease, give to that person a copy of the proposed lease in writing (but the copy need not include particulars of the tenant, the rent or the term of the proposed lease) and a copy of the information brochure (if any) about retail leases published by the Small Business Commission. S. 15(2) inserted by No. 82/2005 s. 10. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a renewal of a lease. S. 15(3) inserted by No. 69/2012 s. 3(2). (3) In this section, ***landlord*** means— (c) a prospective landlord.