---
title: "Request for consent to assign a Victorian retail premises lease"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/vic-retail-lease-assignment-request"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a10-vic-retail-lease-assignment-request"
area_id: "A10"
kind: "letter"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A10-T1-R9"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Request for consent to assign a Victorian retail premises lease

> Tenant's written request for consent to assign a retail premises lease, following the steps in section 61 of the Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic), with the grounds in section 60 listed for the landlord.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing/vic-retail-lease-assignment-request  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Letter. A letter or email you adapt and send.
- Practice area: [Commercial Property & Leasing](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/commercial-property-and-leasing.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a tenant of Victorian retail premises asks the landlord to consent to an assignment. Do not use it for a commercial lease that the principal has decided is outside the Retail Leases Act 2003.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft assignment or subletting consent papers](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-property-and-leasing/draft-assignment-or-subletting-consent-papers.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may assemble the request from names and documents the principal supplies. The principal decides that section 61 has been complied with before anyone counts 28 days.

**AI may:**

- Insert the parties, the premises and the proposed assignee's name from the file
- List the attachments the principal has marked as enclosed

**AI must not:**

- Must not say that consent is deemed
- Must not tell the landlord which section 60 ground applies
- Must not invent the proposed assignee's financial position or business experience

**The lawyer checks:**

- The request is in writing and gives the information the landlord has reasonably required about financial resources and business experience
- Section 61(3) was done before the request, or the section 61(5) excuse applies because a current disclosure statement was asked for and not given within 14 days
- The 28 days in section 61(6) are counted from a request made after the tenant had complied with the section

## Authorities

- [Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) s 61 (written request, information, disclosure to the assignee, 14-day current statement, prescribed statement for an ongoing business, and deemed consent after 28 days)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/rla2003135/s61.html)
- [Retail Leases Act 2003 (Vic) s 60 (the only grounds on which consent to assignment may be withheld)](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/rla2003135/s60.html)

## 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/vic-retail-lease-assignment-request 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.*