Regulation 9 Pubs entry training

(1)

Before—

(a)

entering into a new agreement with a tied pub tenant; or

(b)

agreeing, with a tied pub tenant, the renewal of a protected 1954 Act tenancy,

a pub-owning business must advise the tied pub tenant to complete the appropriate pubs entry training.

(2)

The pub-owning business’s duty in paragraph (1) does not apply if the tied pub tenant meets at least one of the conditions in paragraph (3).

(3)

The conditions are—

(a)

that the tied pub tenant operates at least one other tied pub, other than a pub which is occupied under a short agreement, on the day on which the new agreement or the renewal is proposed by the pub-owning business or the tied pub tenant;

(b)

that the tied pub tenant can demonstrate that the tenant has at least 3 years of relevant business management experience;

(c)

that the pub-owning business has, at any time, granted the tenant a tenancy or licence in relation to a tied pub, other than a tenancy or licence in connection with a short agreement.

(4)

“Pubs entry training” means training which is designed to raise awareness of the matters involved in operating a pub and entering into product ties and other agreements with landlords^f1.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 70(2) of SBEEA 2015 defines “landlord”.