Queensland Consolidated Acts

RETAIL SHOP LEASES ACT 1994 - SECT 46A

46A Unconscionable conduct

(1) A lessor must not, in connection with a retail shop lease, engage in conduct that is, in all the circumstances, unconscionable.

(2) A lessee must not, in connection with a retail shop lease, engage in conduct that is, in all the circumstances, unconscionable.

(3) For this section, a person is not to be taken to engage in unconscionable conduct in connection with a retail shop lease only because the person—

(a) starts legal proceedings relating to the lease; or

(b) refers to arbitration a dispute or claim relating to the lease; or

(c) fails to issue or renew the lease.

(4) This section does not apply to conduct that occurred before the commencement of this section.