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(1)
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PAUL
ANDREW WILLIAMS AND CLARE
MARIE
WILLIAMS T/A TOWERS INVESTMENTS
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(2)
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ZOO
DIGITAL PUBLISHING LIMITED
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LEASE
relating to
Ground Floor Offices Arundel Court
Sheffield
Princess House
122 Queen Street
Sheffield S1 2DW
DX 10643 Sheffield
T: 0114 276 5555 F: 0114 276
3938
(Ref: GAV/THR/W1101/0043)
CONTENTS
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Description
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Page
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PRESCRIBED
CLAUSES
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1.
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DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATION
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5
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2.
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DEMISE AND
RENT
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11
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3.
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TENANTS
COVENANTS
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11
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4.
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LANDLORD’S COVENANTS
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37
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5.
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RENT
REVIEW
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6.
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PROVISIONS
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45
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7.
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GUARANTEE
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50
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8.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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57
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9.
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EXCLUSION OF
THE 1954 ACT
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57
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10.
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CONTRACTS
(RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
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58
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11.
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NEW OR OLD
LEASE
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SCHEDULE
1
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RIGHTS
GRANTED
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SCHEDULE
2
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61
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EXCEPTIONS
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61
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SCHEDULE
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ENCUMBRANCES
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SCHEDULE
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SERVICES
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(PART
I)
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(PART
II)
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68
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SCHEDULE
5
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AUTHORISED
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
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PRESCRIBED
CLAUSES
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Landlord’s Title
Number(s)
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SYK
452393
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LR2.2
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Other
Title Number(s)
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None
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Paul Andrew
Williams and Clare Marie Williams t/a Towers Investments of
Valley
House, 1
Overlees, Barlow, Derbyshire S18 7TP
Zoo Digital
Publishing Limited
Registered
Office - 20 Furnival Street Sheffield S1 4QT
In the
case of a conflict between this clause and the remainder of this
Lease
then
for the purposes of registration this clause shall
prevail
See the
definition of “Premises” set out in the Particulars of
the Lease
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LR6
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Term
for which the Property is leased
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The term as
specified in this Lease is set out in the Particulars of the
Lease
LR8
Prohibitions or Restrictions on Disposing of this
Lease
This Lease
contains a provision that prohibits or restricts
dispositions
LR9 Rights
of Acquisitions
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Tenant’s contractual rights to renew this
Lease to acquire the reversion or another lease of the Property or
to acquire an interest in other land
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Tenant’s covenant to (or offer to)
surrender this Lease
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Landlord’s contractual rights to acquire
this Lease
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Restrictive Covenants Given in this Lease by the
Landlord in Respect of Land Other than the
Property
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Easements granted by this Lease for the benefit
of the Property
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The easements
as specified in Schedule 1
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Easements granted or reserved by this Lease over
the Property for the benefit of other Property
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The easements
as specified in Schedule 2
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Estate
Rentcharge Burdening the Property
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Application for Standard Form of
Restriction
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LR14 Declaration
of Trust Where There is More Than One Person Comprising the
Tenant
LEASE
PARTICULARS
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Landlord Paul
Andrew Williams and Clare Marie Williams t/a Towers Investments of
Valley House, 1 Overlees, Barlow, Derbyshire S18 7TP
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Zoo Digital
Publishing Limited (company number 5701472) whose registered office
is at 20 Furnival Street Sheffield S1 4QT
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Ground floor
offices in the Building at Arundel Court Arundel Street Sheffield
which premises are shown edged red on the Plan together with the
two car parking spaces edged red in the Car Park (“Car
Parking Spaces”)
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Eight years
from and including 1 February 2007 to and including the 31 January
2015
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Thirty one
thousand four hundred pounds (£31,400.00) per annum subject to
review in accordance with Clause 5
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Three months
from the commencement of the Term or the date of occupation,
whichever is the sooner
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1 February 2012
and 31 January 2015
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the use for any
purpose within the definition contained in Class B1 of the Schedule
of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and any
ancillary purposes such as a staff canteen
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1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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Unless the
context otherwise requires the following expressions bear the
meanings ascribed to them as follows:
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“
Building ” means Block 2 Arundel Court
Arundel Street Sheffield tinted pink on the plan
attached
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Car Park ” means that part of the basement
level of the Building from time to time designated by the Landlord
for car parking
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CDM Regulations ” means the Construction
(Design and Management) Regulations 1994
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Conduits ” means and includes all supply
pipes wires cables ducts sewers drains gutters watercourses meters
and all other conducting media and storage tanks or systems used
therewith
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Encumbrances ” means the covenants rights
exceptions reservations and other matters contained mentioned or
referred to in Schedule 3
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Environmental Protection Act ” means the
Environmental Protection Act 1990 and any Act or Acts amending
replacing or modifying such Act for the time being in force or of a
similar nature and all orders and regulations thereunder for the
time being in force
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Exceptions ” means the exceptions and
reservations set out in Schedule 2
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Insured Risks ” the risks of fire terrorism
storm tempest flood lightning explosion and in peacetime aircraft
and articles dropped therefrom malicious damage impact overflowing
of tanks bursting of pipes third party liability and the
Landlord’s property owners liability and such other risks as
the Landlord shall from time to time insure or the Tenant
reasonably requires so far as it is practicable so to insure
(subject in all cases to any excesses exclusions and limitations
imposed by insurers or underwriters generally in the United Kingdom
insurance market when underwriting similar risks) except always
such risks in respect of which insurance is not generally available
in the United Kingdom insurance market in respect of premises
similar to and in locations similar to the Premises
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Main Building ” means Block 1 and Block 2
Arundel Court Arundel Street and Furnival Street edged green on the
Plan
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Particulars ” means the Lease Particulars
set out in the beginning of this Lease
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Plan ” means the plan or plans annexed
hereto appropriately numbered
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Prescribed Rate ” means the rate of interest
which is from time to time Four per centum per annum above
either:
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the base
lending rate of The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC in force;
or
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if at any time
no such base lending rate exists such comparable rate as shall be
substituted for it in England Provided that if there shall be no
such substituted rate the said expression shall mean such rate of
interest as shall be agreed between the Landlord and the Tenant as
being reasonable in all the circumstances and failing such
agreement such rate as shall be determined by a surveyor appointed
on the application of the Landlord or the Tenant by the President
(or some other officer if the President is unable to act) for the
time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (or any
successor to that Institution) who shall act as an arbitrator
pursuant to the Arbitration Act for the time being in
force
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“
Premises ” means the property described in
the Particulars and each and every part thereof together with the
following parts:
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all
non-loadbearing walls situate wholly within the red edging on the
Plan
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one half
(severed vertically) of all non-loadbearing walls separating the
Premises from any other part of the Building
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all plaster and
other decorative finish applied to the inside surface of any wall
bounding the Premises and not included in paragraphs (a) and (b)
above or applied to any column or loadbearing wall wholly within
the Premises
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the whole of
all internal doors and door frames
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all ceilings
bounding the Premises up to the level of (but excluding) the bottom
of the joists, beams or slabs above them
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all door
finishes and floor screeds
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all additions
and improvements to the Premises
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all the
Landlord’s fixtures and fittings for the time being within
the Premises
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but excluding any part of the structure or the
exterior of the Building.
“
Rent ” means the sum referred to as the Rent
in the Particulars
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Review Period ” means the period between one
Review Date and the ensuing Review Date or the expiry of the Term
if there is no further ensuing Review Date
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Rights ” means the rights set out in
Schedule 1
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Term ” means the contractual term hereby
granted together with any period of extension or continuation
thereof or of any holding over whether by statute agreement or at
common law or otherwise
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Subtenant ” means a person to whom the
Tenant proposes to sublet the whole or a Permitted Part of the
Premises.
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Superior Lease ” means the lease dated 26
June 2002 and made between Sydney & Furnival Properties Limited
(1) and Coleridge (Arundel Court 1) Limited & Coleridge
(Arundel Court 2) Limited (2)
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Town and Country Planning Acts ” means the
Town and Country Planning Act 1990 the Planning (Listed Buildings
and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 the Planning (Hazardous
Substances) Act 1990 the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act
1990 and the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 and any Act or Acts
for the time being in force amending or replacing the same and
includes any order instrument regulation direction or plan made or
issued thereunder or deriving validity therefrom and any future
legislation or items such as aforesaid of a like nature or
effect
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VAT ” means value added tax or any
equivalent tax which may at any time during the Term be imposed in
substitution for it or in addition to it
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1.2.1
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“
Landlord ” includes the estate owner for the
time being of the reversion immediately expectant on the
Term
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1.2.2
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“
Tenant ” includes the Tenant’s
successors in title and assignees
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1.2.3
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“
Guarantor ” includes any person who may from
time to time guarantee all or any of the Tenant’s obligations
under this Lease
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1.2.4
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this Lease ” includes (except where the
contrary is indicated) any document supplemental or collateral to
this document or entered into in accordance with this
document
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1.2.5
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“
Losses ” includes all liabilities incurred
by the Landlord all damage and loss suffered by it and all damages
awarded against it all claims demands actions and proceedings made
or brought against it and all costs disbursements and
expenses
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1.2.6
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where there is
more than one person for the time being included in the expression
“ Tenant ” or “
Guarantor ” covenants and obligations at any
time expressed to be made or assumed by the party shall be joint
and several covenants and obligations
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1.2.7
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the covenants
and obligations in this Lease shall be binding on and enforceable
against personal representatives of any party to this
Lease
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1.2.8
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the headings
and the index are for locating references in the text and shall not
affect the construction of this Lease
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1.2.9
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unless
otherwise specified references to a particular statute or part of
it (“ statutory reference ”) include
anything (for example a notice direction order licence regulation
byelaw rule and condition) deriving effect from any statute
(“ derivative legislation ”) and
referring to that statutory reference as it may have been extended
modified amended or re-enacted by the date upon which its
construction is relevant for the purposes of this Lease and not in
the form that it was when originally enacted or as at the date of
this Lease
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1.2.10
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references
generally to “ statute ” or “
statutes ” include derivative legislation
and any regulation or other legislation of the European Union that
is directly applicable in the United Kingdom and include existing
statutes and those that come into effect during the Term
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1.2.11
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references to
“ parties ” or “
party ” mean the Landlord and the Tenant or
either of them but in the absence of a specific provision to the
contrary do not include the Guarantor
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1.2.12
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references to
any clause paragraph or schedule without further designation shall
be construed as a reference to the clause paragraph or schedule of
this Lease so numbered
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1.2.13
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words importing
one gender include all genders and words importing the singular
include the plural and vice versa
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1.2.14
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any covenant by
the Tenant not to do any act or thing includes an obligation not to
allow that act or thing to be done
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1.2.15
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for the
purposes of section 1 of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act
1964 the perpetuity period applicable to this Lease is the shorter
of the Term and 80 years from the commencement of the
Term
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1.2.16
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rights granted
by the Landlord are granted only to the extent that the Landlord is
able to grant them and in common with the Landlord any superior
landlord and everyone authorised by them
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1.2.17
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rights excepted
reserved or granted to the Landlord are excepted reserved and
granted to the Landlord any superior landlord and everyone
authorised by them
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1.2.18
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in the
following cases references to the Landlord include references to
any superior landlord and any mortgagee of—the Landlord or
any superior landlord:-
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where there is
any obligation on the Tenant to obtain the Landlord’s consent
or approval or any acknowledgement from the Landlord to carry out
any act to the satisfaction of the Landlord or to give any form of
notice to the Landlord however in each case the requirement is
expressed but nothing in this Lease imposes any obligation on any
superior landlord or any mortgagee not to unreasonably refuse any
consent approval acknowledgement or expression of
satisfaction
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1.2.18.2
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where there is
any obligation to pay any costs or fees to the Landlord or to
reimburse the Landlord for any payment made or expense
incurred
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1.2.18.3
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where there is
any indemnity in the Landlord’s favour
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In
consideration of the rent and covenants on the part of the Tenant
hereinafter reserved and contained the Landlord hereby
demises unto the Tenant all that the
Premises together with the Rights
excepting and reserving unto the Landlord the
Exceptions to hold the
same unto the Tenant for the Term yielding
and paying therefor during the Term
first the Rent such rent to be paid in advance
without any deductions by equal quarterly payments on the usual
quarter days the first payment being a proportionate amount in
respect of the period from and including the Commencement Date to
the next succeeding quarter day to be made on the date hereof and
secondly by way of additional yearly rent the
amounts payable pursuant to the provisions of clause 3.2 of this
Lease and thirdly any VAT which is or may be
payable in respect of the rent first hereby reserved and
fourthly any interest on the arrears of the rents
hereby reserved and fifthly by way of additional
rent the amounts payable pursuant to the provisions of clause 3.3
of this Lease
The Tenant
hereby covenants with the Landlord as
follows:
To pay the
rents (including revised rents ascertained under the provisions of
clause 5 hereof and rents in respect of the Insured Risks) hereby
reserved and made payable at the time and in manner aforesaid
without any deductions and not to exercise or seek to exercise any
right or claim to legal or equitable setoff
To pay to the
Landlord within 14 days of demand in each year during the
Term:
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3.2.1
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a sum
equivalent to the amount from time to time properly assessed by the
Landlord’s-insurers as being payable by the Landlord by way
of premium for keeping the Premises insured in their full
reinstatement value from time to time (together with VAT on
building costs) against loss or damage by the Insured Risks and
three years rent (and VAT thereon) and architects’
surveyors’ engineers’ and other professional fees (and
VAT thereon) and demolition and clearance expenses insured for the
amount (reasonably estimated from time to time by the Landlord or
its surveyors) necessary to cover the full costs (and VAT on such
costs) of rebuilding or reinstating the Premises (including a due
allowance for cost increases over the likely rebuilding period)
against the Insured Risks;
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3.2.2
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the amount from
time to time properly assessed by the Landlord’s insurers by
way of premium as being payable by the Landlord for insuring the
loss of rent of the Premises for three years (and VAT thereon)
including the Landlord’s surveyor’s proper estimate of
such rent where a part of the period in respect of which loss of
rent insurance has been effected by the Landlord is subsequent to a
date or dates when the yearly rent payable hereunder falls to be
reviewed pursuant to the provisions of clause 5 hereof but any
agreement of or acquiescence by the Tenant in such estimate shall
not be deemed to be an agreement of the revised yearly rent for the
purposes of clause 5 hereof;
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3.2.3
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any sum or sums
by which the amount from time to time properly assessed by the
Landlord’s insurers by way of premium as being insurance is
increased by reason of the user of the Premises or by reason of any
act default or omission on the part of the Tenant or any other
occupant for the time being of the Premises;
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3.2.4
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any sum or sums
properly deducted by the Landlord’s insurers by way of excess
in respect of any claim; and
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3.2.5
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an amount equal
to a proper proportion (to be conclusively determined by the
Landlord) of the cost incurred by the Landlord of obtaining from
time to time (but not more frequently than would be required by a
reasonably prudent landlord) a professional valuation of the
Building for insurance purposes.
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Provided that the Landlord shall be entitled to retain
any agency or other commission paid or allowed to the Landlord on
such insurance premiums for the Landlord’s own benefit free
of any obligation to bring the same into account under this
Lease
To pay to the
Landlord by way of further and additional yearly rent without any
deduction firstly such proportion (to be exclusively determined by
the Landlord’s surveyor acting reasonably) according to the
proportion which the net internal area of the Premises shall from
time to time bear to the net internal area of all lettable premises
in the Building (as exclusively measured by the Landlord’s
surveyor whose measurement shall be binding upon the Tenant in the
absence of manifest error and in accordance with the Code of
Measuring Practice issued by the Royal Institution of Chartered
Surveyors and the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers
or any revision thereof for the time being issued) of the
reasonable costs, expenses and outgoings properly incurred by the
Landlord in connection with the repair maintenance and renewal of
the lift and ancillary plant and machinery the lift lobbies
staircases and passages within the Building and the provision of
the services within the Building and the other heads of expenditure
as the same are set out or referred to in Part I of Schedule 4
hereto and in accordance with good estate management and secondly
such proportion (to be properly determined by the Landlord’s
surveyor) according to the proportion which the net internal area
of the Premises shall from time to time bear to the net internal
area of the Main Building (as measured by the Landlord’s
surveyor) of the reasonable costs expenses and outgoings properly
incurred by the Landlord in connection with the repair maintenance
renewal and insurance of the Main Building and the curtilage
thereof and the provision of the services therein and the other
heads of expenditure set out in Part II of Schedule 4 hereto and in
accordance with good estate management
The amounts of
the Service Charge shall be ascertained and certified annually by a
certificate (“the Certificate”) signed by the
Landlord’s auditors accountants or managing agents (at the
discretion of the Landlord acting reasonably) as soon after the
Landlord’s financial year as may be practicable and produced
to the Tenant and shall relate to such year in manner hereinafter
mentioned
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3.3.1
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The expression
“the Landlord’s financial year” shall mean the
period from the 1 s’ day of January in every year to the 31
st day of December in the same year or such other annual
period as the Landlord may in its absolute discretion from time to
time determine as being that in which the accounts of the Landlord
either generally or relating to the Premises be made up
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3.3.2
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A copy of the
Certificate for each such financial year shall be supplied by the
Landlord to the Tenant on written request and without charge to the
Tenant
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3.3.3
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The Certificate
shall contain a fair summary of the Landlord’s expenses and
outgoings incurred by the Landlord during the financial year to
which it relates and the Certificate (or a copy thereof duly
certified by the person by whom the same was given) shall be
conclusive evidence (except for any manifest error contained in it)
for the purposes hereof of the matters which it purports to
certify
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3.3.4
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The expression
“The expenses and outgoings incurred by the Landlord”
as hereinbefore used shall be deemed to include not only those
expenses outgoings and other expenditure hereinbefore described
which have been actually disbursed incurred or made by the Landlord
during the year in question but also such reasonable part of all
such expenses outgoings and expenditure hereinbefore described
which are of a periodically recurring nature (whether recurring by
regular or irregular periods) whenever disbursed incurred or made
during the Term including a sum or sums of money by way of
reasonable provision for anticipated expenditure in respect thereof
as the Landlord or its agents may in their discretion allocate to
the year in question as being fair and reasonable in the
circumstances
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3.3.5
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On each of the
usual quarter days in every year during the Term the Tenant shall
pay to the Landlord (together with if so required by the Landlord
any VAT payable thereon) such a sum (an “advance
payment”) in advance and on account of the service charge for
the Landlord’s financial year thence ensuing as the
Landlord’s or their agents shall from time to specify at
their discretion (acting reasonably) to be a fair and reasonable
assessment of one quarter of the service charge for the financial
year then current
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3.3.6
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As soon as
practicable after the end of each Landlord’s, financial year
the Landlord shall furnish to the Tenant an account of the service
charge payable by the Tenant for that year with due credit being
given therein for the advance payment made by the Tenant in respect
of the said year and upon the furnishing of such an account there
shall be paid by the Tenant to the Landlord the service charge or
any balance thereof or there shall be allowed by the Landlord to
the Tenant any amount which may have been overpaid by the Tenant by
way of advance payments as the case may require
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To pay and
discharge all existing and future rates taxes duties charges
assessments impositions and outgoings whatsoever (whether
parliamentary parochial local or of any other description and
whether or not of a capital or non-recurring nature) which are now
or may at any time hereafter be assessed charged levied or imposed
upon or payable in respect of the Premises or assessed charged
levied or imposed upon or payable by any estate owner landlord
tenant or occupier in respect thereof provided that the Tenant will
not be responsible for any outgoings properly payable by the
Landlord in respect of the receipt of any rent hereunder or the
ownership of or any dealing with its reversionary interest in the
Premises Provided Further That if any payments due under this
clause 3.4 are due in respect of the Premises and any other part of
the Building jointly to pay a proper proportion of them to be
conclusively determined by the Landlord acting
reasonably
Upon production
of a properly addressed and valid VAT invoice to the Tenant to pay
to the Landlord by way of additional rent all VAT at the rate for
the time being in force which shall be payable (whether by statute
or as the result of the exercise by the Landlord of a statutory
right to waive an exemption or make an election) in respect of the
rents and other sums payable by the Tenant hereunder and in every
case where the Tenant covenants to pay an amount of money hereunder
such amount shall be regarded as being exclusive of VAT
If at any time
during the Term the said rents or the additional rent or rents or
any part or parts thereof or any other sums due hereunder from the
Tenant to the Landlord shall remain unpaid for more than ten
working days after becoming payable (whether formally demanded or
not) or the Landlord shall with good reason refuse to accept the
same to pay to the Landlord interest upon the same at the
Prescribed Rate calculated on a day to day basis (as well after as
before any judgment) from the date upon which the same first became
payable until the date of actual payment provided that nothing
herein contained shall entitle the Tenant to withhold or delay
payment thereof after the date upon which payment first falls due
or in any way prejudice affect or derogate from the rights and
remedies of the Landlord under this Lease
To deliver to
the Landlord free of charge a copy of every notice order
requisition direction or proposal given made or issued by a
competent authority affecting the Premises or the user of the
Premises as soon as reasonably practicable after the Tenant becomes
aware thereof and at the request and cost of the Landlord to make
or join in making such objections or representations against or in
respect of any such notice order requisition direction or proposal
as the Landlord shall reasonably deem expedient
In every fifth
year of the Term and in the last six months thereof however
determined (but not in two consecutive years) to paint paper
plaster or otherwise treat as the case may require all interior
parts of the Premises usually or requiring to be painted, papered,
plastered or otherwise treated with not less than two coats of good
quality paint or other suitable material of good quality in a
proper and workmanlike manner the colour and quality of the paint
and other finishes in the last six months of the Term to be first
approved by the Landlord and also at the same time with every such
painting to wash down all tiles glazed bricks and similar washable
surfaces and make good all ornamental works and generally to
redecorate throughout restoring and making good the
Premises
To repair and
keep the Premises in good and substantial repair and condition
except for damage caused by an Insured Risk unless and to the
extent that the insurance money is irrecoverable because of an act
or default of the Tenant or the Tenant’s servants or agents
or any person at the Premises with the express and implied
authority of the Tenant
To pay on an
indemnity basis all expenses (including without prejudice to the
generality thereof solicitors’ counsel’s
architects’ surveyors’ and bailiffs’ fees and
other professional costs) and VAT thereon which may be properly
incurred by the Landlord:
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3.10.1
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in any
proceedings under Section 146 or 147 of the Law of Property Act
1925 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the
time being in force or the preparation and service of any notice
under those sections notwithstanding that forfeiture may be avoided
otherwise than by relief granted by the court;
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3.10.2
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in respect of
any application for any consent or the approval of any deed or
document required under the terms of this Lease (whether or not
such consent or approval shall be granted unless such consent is
unlawfully refused);
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3.10.3
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in the recovery
or attempted recovery of arrears of rent or rents due from the
Tenant hereunder;
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3.10.4
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in preparing
and serving a schedule of dilapidations at any time during the Term
or within three months after its expiration or
determination
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At the
expiration or sooner determination of the Term:-
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3.11.1
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quietly to
yield up the Premises with vacant possession thereof decorated
repaired cleaned and kept in accordance with the Tenant’s
covenants
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3.11.2
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to execute such
deed or document as the Landlord shall require in order to cancel
any entry or title relating to this Lease at HM Land Registry
and
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3.11.3
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to ensure that
any requisitions raised by HM Land Registry in connection with the
cancellation of any entry or title relating to this Lease are dealt
with promptly and properly
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To permit the
Landlord and its agents with or without workmen and others at any
reasonable time or times and upon reasonable notice (except in
cases of emergency) to enter and examine the Premises to ensure
that nothing has been done therein which constitutes a breach of
any of the covenants contained in this Lease and to examine the
state and condition of the Premises
Within a
reasonable period or in case of emergency immediately to remedy
repair and make good all breaches of covenant and defects of which
notice in writing shall be given by the Landlord to the Tenant and
which the Tenant shall be liable to remedy repair or make good
under the covenants contained in this Lease and in case the Tenant
shall make default in so doing within three months after the date
of any such notice it shall be lawful (but not obligatory) for the
Landlord without prejudice to the right of re-entry hereinafter
contained to enter upon the Premises and to remedy repair and make
good the same at the cost of the Tenant which cost together with
the reasonable expenses of the Landlord (including surveyors’
and other professional fees) and VAT thereon thereby properly
incurred shall be a debt due from the Tenant to the Landlord and be
forthwith recoverable by action subject always to the Landlord
making good any such damage as soon as reasonably possible
thereafter
To permit the
Landlord and its agents at any reasonable time or times on
reasonable notice but not more than once in any calendar year to
enter the Premises and to take schedules or inventories of the
fixtures and things to be yielded up at the expiration or sooner
determination of the Term
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3.15.1
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At all
convenient hours in the day time and upon prior notice to permit
prospective purchasers of or dealers in the Landlord’s
reversionary interest by order in writing of the Landlord or its
agents to view the Premises without interruption
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3.15.2
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Except while
the Tenant shall be entitled to and shall be taking the steps
necessary to secure a new lease of the Premises under the Landlord
and Tenant Act 1954 or otherwise to permit the Landlord or its
agents on reasonable notice within six calendar months next before
the expiration of the Term to enter upon the Premises and to fix
and retain without interference upon any suitable part thereof but
not so as to cause unnecessary interference to the Tenant’s
business a notice board for re-letting the same and to permit
persons by order in writing of the Landlord or its agents to view
the Premises upon making prior appointment at all convenient hours
in the day time without interruption
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3.16.1
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Not to make or
permit or suffer to be made any structural alterations or additions
to the Premises
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3.16.2
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Not to make or
permit or suffer to be made any non-structural alterations or
additions to the Premises without the prior written consent of the
Landlord which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed
Provided always that nothing in this clause 3.16 shall prevent the
Tenant from installing internal demountable partitioning works of a
non-structural nature nor shall the consent of the Landlord be
required in connection therewith
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3.16.3
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Not to make or
permit or suffer to be made any alteration or addition to any
electrical installation in or on the Premises except in accordance
with the terms and conditions laid down by the Institution of
Electrical Engineers and the regulations of the relevant
electricity supply authority and with the prior written consent of
the Landlord which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed
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3.16.4
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Before carrying
out any permitted alterations or additions and at its own cost
to:-
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obtain all
necessary consents from any competent authority and any other
person
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supply all
drawings specifications and other information that the Landlord
reasonably requires in respect of them
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enter into any
covenants that the Landlord reasonably requires for the execution
supervision and reinstatement of them and provide any security that
the Landlord reasonably requires in the case of substantial
alterations or additions
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3.16.5
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To complete and
carry out any permitted alterations or additions:-
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3.16.5.2
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to the
Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction
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3.16.5.3
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in a good and
workmanlike manner
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3.16.5.4
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with good
quality materials
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3.16.5.5
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so as not to
interfere with any Conduits or so as to cause access to any of them
to be or become more difficult than it was previously
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3.16.5.6
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in accordance
with the plans specifications and details previously approved by
the Landlord and
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3.16.5.7
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in accordance
with all statutory local authority and insurers’ requirements
and recommendations
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3.16.6
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If the Landlord
requires it to remove any alterations or additions to the Premises
or any part of them and to reinstate the Premises or the
appropriate part of them to their former or proper condition before
the end of the Term (however that occurs) with all work being done
to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction
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Where any works
are carried out to or within the Premises to which the CDM
Regulations apply and such works are carried out by or on behalf of
the Tenant any underlessee (however inferior) or any other occupier
of the Premises or any part of the Premises the Tenant:-
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3.17.1
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shall comply
with the CDM Regulations and procure that any person involved in
carrying out such works complies with the CDM
Regulations
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3.17.2
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shall act (or
if such works are to be carried out by an underlessee or any other
person procure that such undertenant or other person acts) as the
only client in respect of such works and shall make (or procure the
making of) a declaration to that effect in accordance with
regulation 4 of the CDM Regulations
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3.17.3
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shall procure
that the declaration mentioned in clause 3.17.2 is sent without
delay to the Health and Safety Executive in accordance with the CDM
Regulations and that a copy of the Health and Safety
Executive’s notice in acknowledgement of the said declaration
is delivered without delay to the Landlord
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3.17.4
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warrants that
it or the relevant underlessee or other person has the competence
to perform the duties imposed on a client by the CDM
Regulations
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3.17.5
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shall provide
the Landlord with a copy of the health and safety file relating to
such works upon their completion and (if the Landlord shall so
request) copies of the whole or part of the health and safety file
immediately on request
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3.17.6
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shall make the
health and safety file relating to such works available for
inspection by the Landlord on request
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3.17.7
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shall hand over
to the Landlord the health and safety file relating the such works
on the expiration or sooner determination of the Term and shall
forthwith after becoming aware of any relevant information
concerning health and safety relating to the Premises provide such
information to the Landlord and obtain all necessary copyright
licences permitting the use of such information
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Not without the
consent of the Landlord (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) to use or permit the Premises to be used
otherwise than for the Permitted Use Provided that no
representation or warranty is or has prior to the date hereof been
given or made by or on behalf of the Landlord that any such use is
or will be or will remain a permitted use under the Town and
Country Planning Acts or that the Premises are or will remain
otherwise fit for any such use and Provided that at no time shall
the Premises or any part thereof be used in connection with the
business of collecting storing treating or disposing of controlled
waste as such expression is defined in Section 75 of the
Environmental Protection Act
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3.19.1.1
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for any illegal
or immoral purpose or
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3.19.1.2
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for any
offensive noisy or dangerous trade business or
manufacture
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3.19.2
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Not to allow
any person to reside or sleep on the Premises
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3.19.3
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Not to hold any
sale by auction on the Premises
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3.19.4
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Not to do
anything on the Premises which is or may become a nuisance damage
or annoyance to the Landlord or to any occupier or owner of any
part of the Building or to any adjoining or nearby occupier or
owner
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3.19.5
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Not to generate
any noise in the Premises which can be heard or which creates
vibrations that can be felt in any other part of the Building or in
any neighbouring or adjoining property
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At all times
during the Term at the Tenant’s expense to observe and comply
with all statutes and all notices directions orders regulations
byelaws rules and conditions made or to be made under or by virtue
of any statute and all requirements of any public or local
authority so far as they relate to or affect the Premises or the
contents of or the user of the Premises or the employment thereon
of any persons
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Planning and environmental
matters
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Subject and
without prejudice to clause 3.17:
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3.21.1
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not to make or
permit or suffer to be made any application for planning permission
nor to implement any planning permission without the previous
consent in writing of the Landlord
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3.21.2
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not to do or
omit or permit or suffer to be done or omitted any act or thing on
or in relation to the Premises or the user of the Premises the
doing or omission of which shall be or may in the reasonable
opinion of the Landlord constitute a contravention of the Planning
Acts
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3.21.3
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promptly to
execute at the Tenant’s expense all such works as are or may
under or in pursuance of the Planning Acts or any other statute be
directed or required by any local public or other competent
authority to be executed at any time and whether by the Landlord or
Tenant (including without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing the provision and maintenance of fire escapes and toilet
facilities and elimination of smoke effluvia vapour and
grit)
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3.21.4
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not without the
prior written consent of the Landlord to enter into any planning
obligation for the purposes of Section 106 of the Town and Country
Planning Act 1990
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3.21.5
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in relation to
any act the commission or omission of which requires any consent
licence or other authority under the Environmental Protection
Act:-
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3.21.5.1
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not to do or
omit to do (as the case may be) such act without obtaining such
authority and
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3.21.5.2
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not to apply
for such authority without the Landlord’s prior written
consent
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3.22.1
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Not to carry on
or suffer upon the Premises any trade business or occupation in any
manner or do or suffer any other thing which may make void or
voidable any policy for the insurance of the Premises covered by
the Insured Risks hereinafter referred to or render any increased
or extra premium payable for such insurance and to comply at its
own expense with all directions and recommendations of the insurers
of the Premises of which the Tenant shall have notice in
writing
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3.22.2
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To make up out
of its own monies any deduction in any insurance monies paid by the
Landlord’s insurers made as a result of the faulty repair or
maintenance of the Premises by the Tenant in the performance of its
covenants under this lease or otherwise by any act or default of
the Tenant or the Tenant’s servants or agents or any person
at the Premises with the express or implied authority of the
Tenant
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3.22.3
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The Tenant
warrants to the Landlord that prior to the execution of this Lease
it has disclosed to the Landlord in writing any conviction
judgement or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the
Tenant (or any director or other officer or major shareholder of
the Tenant) of such nature as to be likely to affect the decision
of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue insurance of
any of the Insured Risks and covenants to inform the Landlord
immediately in writing of any such matter arising in the
future
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Not to keep or
permit or suffer to be kept on the Premises any material of a
dangerous nature especially inflammable explosive radioactive or
other similar nature
Not to fix to
or place upon or permit or suffer to be fixed to or placed upon the
Premises any machinery article or substance which in the reasonable
opinion of the Landlord may be liable to damage or overload the
roofs or floors or other structural parts of the
Building
Not without the
consent in writing of the Landlord first obtained which shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed to affix or display or permit
or suffer to be affixed or displayed to or on the Premises any sign
fascia hoarding poster placard skysign flagpole mast lettering or
advertisement or any aerial or satellite dish whatsoever which
shall be visible from the outside the Premises and in default of
obtaining such consent the Landlord may enter and remove the same
at the cost of the Tenant
To take all
steps reasonably necessary to prevent any encroachment upon the
Premises or the acquisition of any new right to light passage
drainage or other encroachment over upon or under the Premises
and/or the Building and to give notice to the Landlord of any
threatened encroachment or attempt to acquire any such
easement
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Alienation and Parting with
Possession
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3.27.1
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Not (except by
way of a permitted assignment or charging of the whole of the
Premises or a permitted underletting of the Premises in accordance
with clause 3.27 (“a Transaction”)) to transfer
underlet charge or part with or share the possession or occupation
of the whole or any part or parts of the Premises
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3.27.2
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Not to hold the
Premises or any part or parts of the Premises or this Lease on
trust for another
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3.27.3
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The Tenant may
assign the Premises as a whole provided that the Tenant must not
make such permitted assignment without first:
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3.27.3.1
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making a
written application for a licence to assign and obtaining the
Landlord’s prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed);
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3.27.3.2
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satisfying the
circumstances specified for the purposes of Section 19 (1A) of the
Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 and set out in clause
3.27.4
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3.27.3.3
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complying with
the conditions specified for the purposes of Section 19(1A) of the
Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 and set out in clause
3.27.5
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3.27.4
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The
circumstances referred to in clause 3.27.3.2 are that:
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3.27.4.1
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all sums due
from the Tenant under this Lease have been paid at the date of the
application of the licence to assign; and;
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3.27.4.2
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in the
Landlord’s reasonable opinion there are at’ the date of
the application for licence to assign no material outstanding
breaches of any tenant covenant under this Lease or anyh personal
covenants undertaken by the Tenant relating to the state and
condition of the Premises;
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3.27.4.3
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in the
Landlord’s reasonable opinion the proposed assignee is of no
lesser financial standing than the Tenant or any guarantor of the
Tenant;
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3.27.4.4
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the Landlord is
reasonably sastisfied that the assignment will have no adverse
impact on the open market value of the reversion expectant on the
determination of the Term;
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3.27.4.5
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in the
Landlord’s reasonable opinion the proposed assignee is a
person who at the date of the application for licence to assign is
likely to be able to comply with the tenant covenants of this Lease
and is likely to continue to be such a person following the
assignment;
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3.27.4.6
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the proposed
assignee does not have the benefit of diplomatic
immunity;
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3.27.4.7
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the proposed
assignee is a corporation registered in (or if an individual is
resident in a jurisdiction in which the order of a Court obtained
in England and Wales will be enforced without any consideration of
the merits of the case; and
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3.27.4.8
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in the case of
an assignment to a company which is in the same group (within the
meaning of Section 42 of the 1954 Act) as the Tenant the proposed
assignee is in the Landlord’s reasonable opinion a company
which at the date of the application for licence to assign is no
less likely than the Tenant was at the date of either the grant or
the assignment of this Lease to the Tenant to be able to comply
with the Tenant’s covenants in this Lease and is likely to
continue to be such a company following the assignment
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3.27.5
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The conditions
referred to in clause 3.27.3.3 are that:
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3.27.5.1
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the Tenant
shall enter into an authorised guarantee agreement (as defined in
Section 16 of the 1995 Act), such agreement to be by way of deed in
a form set out in Schedule 5 hereto with such amendments or
additions as the Landlord shall reasonably require;
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3.27.5.2
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if so
reasonably required by the Landlord the proposed assignee shall
obtain one or more guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord
who shall covenant by deed with the Landlord in the form set out in
clause 7 with such amendments or additions as the Landlord shall
reasonably require; and
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3.27.5.3
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the written
licence to assign shall contain a condition that if at any time
prior to the assignment the circumstances (or any of them)
specified in clause 3.27.4 cease to exist the Landlord may revoke
the licence by written notice to the Tenant .
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3.27.6
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Nothing in this
clause 3.27 shall limit the Landlord’s right to withhold
consent to an assignment in circumstances other than those
mentioned in clause 3.27.4 if it is reasonable to do so, or to give
consent to an assignment subject to conditions other than those
mentioned in clause 3.27.5 if those conditions are
reasonable
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3.27.7
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The Tenant may
underlet the Premises as a whole Provided That the Tenant must not
make such permitted underletting without first:-
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3.27.7.1
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making a
written application for licence to underlet and obtaining the
Landlord’s prior written consent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) and
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3.27.7.2
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complying with
the conditions specified in clause 3.27.8 and clause
3.27.9
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3.27.8
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The conditions
referred to in clause 3.27.7.2 are that any underlease
must:-
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3.27.8.1
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be granted at
the full open market rent (and in no case at a rent less than the
rent payable under this Lease at the time) without any fine or
premium or reverse premium or other concession to the undertenant
(other than any rent free period in respect of the time required to
fit out the Premises which is required in the open market at the
time) with rent being payable in advance on the usual quarter
days
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3.27.8.2
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contain
provisions for the review of the rent on the same dates and on the
same basis as the review of the Rent in this Lease
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3.27.8.3
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contain
covenants controlling dealings in accordance with this clause
3.27
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3.27.8.4
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contain a
re-entry clause in a form equivalent to the re-entry clause in this
Lease
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3.27.8.5
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be in a form
approved by the Landlord (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld)
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3.27.8.6
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contain a
lawful agreement between the Tenant and the undertenant that the
provisions of sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act are excluded from
applying to the tenancy created by the underlease
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3.27.8.7
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contain
provisions requiring the consent of the Landlord to be obtained in
respect of any matter for-which the consent of the Landlord is
required under this Lease
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3.27.8.8
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otherwise be
consistent with and include tenant covenants no less onerous than
those in this Lease
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3.27.9
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Before any
underlease is granted:-
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3.27.9.1
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the proposed
underlessee must enter into a deed (to be prepared by the
Landlord&
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