22AProvisions relating to shops in leased premises

22A Provisions relating to shops in leased premises

22A Provisions relating to shops in leased premises

(1) A provision of a lease is void to the extent that it requires the occupier of a shop to keep the shop open at any time on a restricted trading day.

(2) This section has effect whether or not the shop is the subject of an exemption under this Act.

(3) In this section—

lease includes an agreement or arrangement between the occupier of a shop and the owner of the premises in which the shop is located or, if the occupier is a sub-lessee of those premises, between the occupier and the lessee of those premises.

(4) An owner or lessor of premises, or a person acting for an owner or lessor of premises, must not require an occupier of a shop located in the premises that is the subject of a lease to keep the shop open at any time on a restricted trading day.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

s 22A: Ins 2009 No 70, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2015 No 55, Sch 1 [17].