8.3  Exclusion of Security for the Head Lease

The Contractor hereby confirms that before it became contractually bound to enter into the tenancy created by the Head Lease pursuant to this Agreement:

(a)  The Authority served on the Contractor a notice dated [  ] day of [  ] in relation to the tenancy created by the Head Lease (the Head Lease Notice) in a form complying with the requirements of Schedule 1 to the Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003 (the Order).  

(b)  The Contractor, or a person duly authorised by the Contractor, in relation to the Head Lease Notice made a statutory declaration (the Head Lease Declaration) dated [  ] day of [  ] in a form complying with the requirements of Schedule 2 of the Order.   

(c)  The Contractor further confirms that, where the Head Lease Declaration was made by a person other than the Contractor, the declarant was duly authorised by the Contractor to make the Head Lease Declaration on the Contractor's behalf.  

(d)  The Authority and Contractor agree to exclude the provisions of sections 24 to 28 (inclusive) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 in relation to the tenancy created by the Head Lease.