Tasmania Retail Tenancy Leasing Kit
This Retail Tenancy Lease Kit for Tasmania is suitable for most retail leases in Tasmania that aren’t located in a large shopping centre.
If your tenant is selling or hiring goods or services directly to the public from your premises, then it is likely that your lease will be a retail shop lease, and this Kit will be the right choice for you. If your premises are used as a factory, warehouse, office or storage site, see our Commercial Lease Page for TAS.
In Tasmania, retail shop leases are governed by the Fair Trading (Code of Practice for Retail Tenancies) Regulations 1998. The Regulations contains rights and obligations of both the tenant and the landlord on retail tenancy issues such as: the minimum term and options to renew the lease, security deposit, rent and rent increases, assignment and subletting and termination of the lease.
This lease kit complies with the Fair Trading Regulations It comes with a Guide to help you understand your rights and obligations under the Regulations and complete your lease documentation with ease.
Minimum 5-year lease term
In Tasmania, retail shop tenants automatically have a minimum five-year lease term (this is calculated to include any options to renew).
If your lease is for a short term of less than five years, the tenant will need to obtain a certificate waiving the tenant’s right to the minimum five year lease period. This is explained further in the Retail Lease Kit.
Landlord must give a disclosure statement
The landlord must provide the tenant with a disclosure statement and an estimate of the costs associated with the lease before the lease is entered into.
The tenant has the right to terminate the lease within the first six months if the disclosure statement is not provided to the tenant or it contained wrong or misleading information.
This Kit contains the Disclosure Statement required for Tasmanian retail leases.
The Tasmanian retail shop legislation
This Kit was drafted to comply with the Fair Trading (Code of Practice for Retail Tenancies) Regulations 1998. The and it contains a step-by-step guide to help you understand your obligations under the Regulations.
Sample Pages from Tasmania Retail Lease Template
The Kit will help you to:
• prepare your own Retail Lease;
• prepare your Disclosure Statement;
• follow the correct pre-lease procedure;
• understand the law around retail leasing in Tasmania; and
• comply with your legal obligations and understand your rights under the Fair Trading (Code of Practice for Retail Tenancies) Regulations 1998.
Tasmania Retail Lease forms Kit contains:
- Tasmania Retail shop Lease Agreement template
- Comprehensive Help Guide;
- Landlord’s Disclosure Statement;
- Retail tenants guide;
- Our unbeatable Customer Support.
Plus, you will have access to the latest updated documents in your personalised Members’ Area.
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