# The Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016, Regulation 42: Duty to appoint a compliance officer


(1) A pub-owning business must appoint a suitably qualified employee to be the compliance officer, whose role is to verify the pub-owning business’s compliance with these Regulations.
(2) The pub-owning business must ensure that the compliance officer—
(a) is provided with the resources necessary to carry out his or her role, including information relating to the pub-owning business’s obligations under these Regulations;
(b) is entitled to contact the business development managers to discuss matters relating to those obligations;
(c) makes himself or herself reasonably available to tied pub tenants and any other persons acting on their behalf who may have a query relating to these Regulations;
(d) is independent of, and is not managed by, the business development managers;
(e) is entitled to discuss with tied pub tenants the reasons for any decisions made by the pub-owning business under these Regulations;
(f) is entitled to discuss with the Adjudicator matters relating to the pub-owning business’s compliance with these Regulations;
(g) for the purposes of the annual compliance report, maintains records of the training received by the business development managers.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111147481/regulation/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-42
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