A sublease that is regulated by statute (including as to its terms and validity) is not thereby an 'instrument made under' a statute for the purposes of a debenture suspension clause. The word 'instrument' in a definition of 'Statute' that lists legislative instruments (statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, by-laws) and 'includes any instrument or order made under any of them' refers to statutory instruments — expressions of legislative power such as delegated legislation — not contractual or property documents. Statutory regulation of the terms of a sublease, including provisions rendering non-complying subleases ineffectual, does not amount to implied statutory authorisation of the sublease.
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