Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

LEASES (COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL) ACT 2001 - SECT 35

    (1)     The lessor must tell the tenant about the approved handbook—

        (a)     if the lease is a change of use lease—as soon as practicable after the change of use; or

        (b)     in any other case—as early as practicable in negotiations for the lease (but in any case not later than when the lease is entered into).

    (2)     For subsection (1), the commissioner for fair trading may approve a handbook (the approved handbook ) that helps lessors and tenants to understand this Act.