Voiding of certain lease provisions
7 Voiding of certain lease provisions
S. 7(1) amended by Nos 4/2003 s. 122(1), 112/2003 s. 6(a)–(c).
A provision of a lease or agreement relating to retail premises within the meaning of the Retail Leases Act 2003 situated within a metropolitan municipal district (whether entered into before or after the commencement of this section) that purports to require the premises to be open between the hours of 5:00 pm and midnight on a Saturday or at any time on a Sunday or a public holiday where the premises are located is void.
S. 7(2) amended by Nos 4/2003 s. 122(1), 112/2003 s. 6(a)–(c).
A provision of a lease or agreement relating to retail premises within the meaning of the Retail Leases Act 2003 situated outside a metropolitan municipal district (whether entered into before or after the commencement of this section) that purports to require the premises to be open between the hours of 1:00 pm and midnight on a Saturday or at any time on a Sunday or a public holiday where the premises are located is void.
S. 7(3) amended by Nos 14/1998 s. 51, 4/2003 s. 122(2) (a)–(c).
If a dispute arises between the parties to a retail premises lease to which the Retail Leases Act 2003 applies as to a requirement by the landlord of a kind referred to in subsection (1) or (2), as the case requires, then Part 10 of that Act applies to the dispute as if it were a retail tenancy dispute within the meaning of that Part.
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