On 13 October 2015, a bill to amend the Retail Shop Leases
Act 1994 (Qld) was introduced into Parliament. The bill has
been referred to the Legal Affairs Parliamentary Committee for
consideration and members of the public will be given an
opportunity to make submissions to that committee. As yet a date
for submissions has not been published.
A copy of the bill may be accessed at:
http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Bills/55PDF/2015/RetailShopLeasesAB15.pdf
Interested stakeholders should note some of the key proposals,
which include:
- Revised definition of what a retail shop lease is
– to exclude premises with a floor area greater than 1000 m2,
and premises used for non retail purposes either located on a level
of a multilevel building or in a single level building where 25% or
less of the total lettable area of that level or building as the
case may be is used for retail.
