8  GRANT OF LEASE

8.1  The Authority shall[, subject to clause 8.2] and subject to schedule [X] (Grant of the Lease), grant and the Company shall accept a lease of the Site pursuant to the terms set out in schedule [X] (Lease) of this Agreement as and from the [Commencement Date].

[8.2  Clause 8.1 shall not apply where the Company before the [Commencement Date] has ceased to be responsible for the operation of the Site].

8.3  The Authority, as Landlord, has served on the Company, as tenant, a notice in relation to the Lease in the form set out in schedule 7 to the Regulatory Reform (Business Tenancies) (England and Wales) Order 2003 ("Order").

8.4  The Company (or a person duly authorised by the Company) has made a statutory declaration in the form or substantially in the form set out in paragraph 8 of schedule 2 to the Order.

8.5  The Authority and the Company agree that the provisions of sections 24 to 28 of the 1954 Act be excluded in relation to the Lease.

8.6  The Company is not entitled to any compensation under section 37 of the 1954 Act when the Lease ends.

8.7  Authority and Contractor to Enter School Premises

The Company acknowledges that the Lease remains subject to the licence granted to the Contractor under the Project Agreement and acknowledges that the Authority, the Contractor and each of their employees, servants, agents and sub-contractors have sufficient authority to enter the Site from time to time for the purpose of carrying out their obligations under the Project Documents and shall not withhold such access.

8.8  The Company shall procure that in occupying the Site, there shall be no act or omission by the Company, or Company Related Parties which shall give rise to a right for any person to obtain title to or any right or interest over the Site or any part of it and/or cause any material disruption to the provision of the Works (if any) and/or the Services.