Queensland Consolidated Acts

RETAIL SHOP LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 37

37 Lessee’s liability to pay amount for outgoings

(1) A lessee under a retail shop lease is not liable to pay an amount to the lessor for outgoings unless the lease specifies—

(a) the outgoings payable by the lessee; and

(b) how the outgoings will be determined and apportioned to the lessee; and

(c) how the outgoings may be recovered by the lessor from the lessee.

(2) In this section—

"outgoings" , for a retail shop lease, includes promotion amounts and maintenance amounts to the extent the amounts are treated as part of the lessor’s outgoings under the lease.