Common use of Unavoidable Delay - Force Majeure Clause in Contracts

Unavoidable Delay - Force Majeure. Whenever and to the extent that either party shall be unable to fulfil, or shall be delayed or restricted in the fulfilment of any obligation under this Lease in respect of the supply or provision of any service or utility or the doing of any work or the making of any repairs by reason of strike, lock-out, war, act of God or by reason of being unable to obtain material, goods, equipment, services, utility or labour required to enable it to fulfil such obligation or by reason of any Applicable Law or by reason of not being able to obtain any required permission or authority, or by reason of any other cause beyond its control, whether of the foregoing character or not, such party shall, so long as any such impediment exists, be relieved from the fulfilment of such obligation and the other party shall not be entitled to compensation for any damage, inconvenience, nuisance or discomfort thereby occasioned, but nothing in this Section shall excuse the Tenant from payment of, or entitle it to withhold, Rent.