Lease service charge precedent enabling landlord to add pandemic compliance services and recover costs; includes definitions of Competent Authority, Pandemic Restriction and Restricted Period.
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- Competent Authority – any body with authority over the Property, its occupation or its use;
- Restricted Period – any span [ exceeding [ number ] [ continuous ] weeks ] within the Term when a Pandemic Restriction is in force;
- Pandemic Restriction – any Legislation, or any requirement or published guidance from a Competent Authority that: (a) stems from [ COVID-19 or the emergence of any other OR any ] national or local pandemic illness; and (b) bars, hinders or limits the Tenant from [ fully ] [ trading at the Property OR using [ more than [ number ]% (by floor area) of ] the Property for the Permitted Use ].
Service charge clause: Landlord to provide extra services to comply with pandemic legislation/guidelines
On the basis that there is a defined schedule of Services the Landlord is obliged to provide, include the following subclause (immediately before the ‘sweeper’ clause): any additional service [ required by, or arising from, Legislation OR [ if broader wording is needed, or to cover the absence of relevant Legislation ] considered desirable [ in the interests of sound estate management ] ] [ during a Restricted Period ] to address a Pandemic Restriction...
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