Application of Act
4 Application of Act
Subject to subsection (2), this Act does not apply to or in relation to a retail shop lease that was entered into —
before the relevant day; or
pursuant to an option granted or agreement made before the relevant day.
Section 16 applies to and in relation to a retail shop lease whether or not it was entered into as mentioned in subsection (1), but section 27 has no effect in relation to a question arising under a retail shop lease if it was entered into as mentioned in subsection (1).
In this section the relevant day, in relation to a retail shop lease, means the day on which this Act comes into operation or, where the lease is a retail shop lease by reason only of a regulation prescribing a business of a particular kind to be a specified business, means the day on which that regulation comes into operation.
Regulations may be made exempting from all or any of the provisions of this Act —
a prescribed person, retail shop lease or retail shop; or
a prescribed class of persons, retail shop leases or retail shops.
The regulations may provide for conditions and restrictions subject to which an exemption is to apply.
[Section 4 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 118; No. 59 of 2011 s. 6.]
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