under the lease. Generally speaking each suggested amendment works to exclude or minimise the Tenant's liability for a particular outgoing. Make these changes to the text in the first schedule of the 5th Edition ADLS lease agreement. CLAUSE 1.1 The Tenant shall pay the annual rent by equal monthly payments in advance (or as varied pursuant to any rent review) on the rent payment dates. The first monthly payment (together with rent calculated on a daily basis for any period from the commencement date of the term to the first rent payment date) shall be payable on the first rent payment date. All rent shall be paid without any deductions or set-off by direct payment to the Landlord or as the Landlord may direct. This strike out keeps alive the possibility of paying rent by 'set off'. 'Set off' is basically jargon for 'swapping debts'. For example if Joe owes Bob $10 and Bob owes Joe $5, the legal concept of 'set off' would allow Joe to pay Bob $5, with the other $5 of debt cancelled or 'set off'. This amendment will be important to a tenant if the landlord claims money from the tenant, but at the same time owes the tenant some other debts. In such a situation the Tenant could 'set off' their debts to the landlord against the landlord's debts to them. CLAUSE 2.1(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause, the annual rent payable as from the relevant rent review date shall not be