1.6.2 | Agreement of the Rent |
Six months before each review date, time not being of the essence, the Landlord and Tenant must explore the possibility of open negotiations with a view to reaching a written agreement as to the Rent for the review period and the Rent for that period may be agreed at any time or, in the absence of agreement, is to be determined by an arbitrator not earlier that the review date. The Rent for the review period may be agreed at any time or, in the absence of agreement, is to be determined by an arbitrator not earlier that the review date.
The sum to be determined by the arbitrator must be the sum at which he decides the Premises might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market at the Review Date making the Assumptions but disregarding Disregards.
1.6.4 | Conduct of the arbitration |
The arbitration must be conducted in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996, except that if an arbitrator dies or declines to act the President may on the application of either the Landlord or the Tenant appoint another in his place.
1.6.5 | Memoranda of agreement |
Whenever the Rent has been ascertained in accordance with this schedule, memoranda to that effect must be signed by or on behalf of the Landlord and the Tenant, and annexed to this document and its counterpart and the Landlord and the Tenant must bear their own costs in this respect.
1.6.6 | Reimbursement of costs |
If, on publication of the arbitrator’s award, the Landlord or the Tenant pays all his fees and expenses, the paying party may, in default of payment within 21 days of a demand to that effect, recover such proportion of them, if any, as the arbitrator awards against the other in the case of the Landlord as rent arrears or in the case of the Tenant by deduction from the Rent.
1.7 | Payment of the Rent as ascertained |
1.7.1 | Where the Rent is not ascertained by a Review Date |
If the Rent payable during the review period has not be ascertained by the Review Date, then rent is to continue to be payable at the rate previously payable, such payments being on account of the Rent for that review period.