Regulation 8 Restriction on enforcing certain terms of agreement
(1)
A pub-owning business is prohibited from enforcing any of the following terms in a lease—
(a)
a term under which a tied-pub tenant is prevented from, or can be penalised for, taking action to enforce the code,
(b)
a term which provides that a rent assessment or rent review in relation to the tied pub—
(i)
may be initiated only by the pub-owning business,
(ii)
may only determine that the rent is to be increased,
(iii)
may not determine that the rent is to be reduced.
(2)
A pub-owning business may not enforce a term of an agreement between a pub-owning business and a tied-pub tenant to the extent to which it is incompatible with this code.