Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 15(1) amended by Nos 69/2012 s. 3(1), 16/2017 s. 33.
(1) A landlord who—
(a) offers to enter into a retail premises lease; or
(b) advertises by any means that retail premises are for lease—
must, as soon as the landlord enters into negotiations with a person about the lease, give to that person a copy of the proposed lease in writing (but the copy need not include particulars of the tenant, the rent or the term of the proposed lease) and a copy of the information brochure (if any) about retail leases published by the Small Business Commission.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
S. 15(2) inserted by No. 82/2005 s. 10.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a renewal of a lease.
S. 15(3) inserted by No. 69/2012 s. 3(2).
(3) In this section, "landlord" means—
(a) a landlord; or
(b) a person acting on behalf of a landlord or prospective landlord; or
(c) a prospective landlord.