Regulation 54 Short agreements
Where a pub-owning business and a tied pub tenant—
(a)
enter into a short agreement (whether before, on or after the commencement date); and
(b)
that agreement, together with all other short agreements (if any) previously entered into between the pub-owning business and the tied pub tenant entitle the tenant to occupy the tied pub for a total period of less than 12 months,
regulations 9 to 13 and Parts 3 to 10 of these Regulations do not apply to the dealings of the pub-owning business and the tenant in connection with that agreement.