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title: "Retail lease disclosure statements: NSW lessor's and lessee's statement (official form), with Victorian and Queensland notes"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/nsw-retail-lease-disclosure-statement"
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---

# Retail lease disclosure statements: NSW lessor's and lessee's statement (official form), with Victorian and Queensland notes

> Completion guide for the NSW retail lease disclosure statement (Parts A and B), with the timing rules and the tenant's remedies, plus the different Victorian and Queensland requirements.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/nsw-retail-lease-disclosure-statement  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Commercial Property & Leasing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing.md)
- Jurisdictions: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the official form at smallbusiness.nsw.gov.au and the 6 authorities it cites, for New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

## When to use it

Use for every retail shop lease, agreement to lease or renewal in NSW, and as a cross-check in Victoria and Queensland. Always complete the current official form; this guide explains it and does not replace it.

## How AI may be used

AI may prefill a draft of Part A from the lease and the lessor's records for checking, but every figure is a representation by the lessor and must be verified against its source.

**AI may:**

- Extract lease particulars (term, options, rent, reviews, fit-out, trading hours) into a draft of Part A with clause references.
- Build the outgoings estimate table from last year's outgoings statement and budget, with each line linked to its source.
- Compare a completed statement with the final lease and list inconsistencies.

**AI must not:**

- Must not estimate outgoings or centre turnover figures without a documented source.
- Must not complete Part B (the lessee's statement) for the lessee or describe representations the lessee relied on.
- Must not be used to decide whether the Act applies to the premises.

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every outgoing the lessee will pay is disclosed, with a reasonable basis for each estimate.
- The statement matches the final lease, including any late changes.
- Service date is recorded so the 7-day (NSW) or 14-day (Vic) period can be proved.

## Authorities

- [Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) s 3B (Act applies to agreements to lease)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-046#sec.3B)
- [Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) s 11 (lessor's disclosure statement at least 7 days before lease; termination within 6 months)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-046#sec.11)
- [Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) s 11A (lessee's disclosure statement within 7 days)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-046#sec.11A)
- [Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW) ss 12, 12A (undisclosed contributions and outgoings not payable)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-046#sec.12A)
- [Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) s 17 (disclosure statement and proposed lease at least 14 days before)](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/retail-leases-act-2003)
- [Retail Shop Leases Act 1994 (Qld) ss 21B, 21F, 22A (lessor and lessee disclosure; termination for defective statement)](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-047#sec.21B)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.smallbusiness.nsw.gov.au/resources/forms/retail-lease-lessor-and-lessees-disclosure-statement)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by smallbusiness.nsw.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-17.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/nsw-retail-lease-disclosure-statement and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*