# The Scottish Pubs Code Regulations 2024, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111060063/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-pubs-code-regulations-2024/regulation-8
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