# The Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016, Regulation 32: Failure to acknowledge the tenant’s notice, provide a full response etc.


(1) This regulation applies where a pub-owning business has received an MRO notice.
(2) Where—
(a) the pub-owning business does not send a full response under regulation 29(3) or (4) within the period of response;
(b) the tied pub tenant considers that the pub-owning business’s full response does not comply with other requirements of regulation 29; or
(c) the tied pub tenant disagrees with the pub-owning business’s statement under regulation 29(4)(a),
the tenant or the pub-owning business may refer the matter to the Adjudicator.
(3) Where the tied pub tenant or the pub-owning business intends to make a referral under paragraph (2), the tenant and the pub-owning business must notify each other, in writing, of their intention to do so before the referral is made.
(4) A referral under paragraph (2) must be made within the period of 14 days beginning with the day after the end of the period of response.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147481/regulation/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-32
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