Regulation 9 Pre-entry training for prospective tenants

(1)

Before entering into a lease of a tied pub with a prospective tenant, a pub-owning business must—

(a)

advise the prospective tenant to complete appropriate pre-entry training, and

(b)

give the prospective tenant information about providers of such training.

(2)

In this regulation, “appropriate pre-entry training” means training which includes material—

(a)

designed to raise awareness of the matters involved in operating a pub and entering into product ties and other agreements with landlords,

(b)

explaining a tied-pub tenant’s obligations and the responsibilities involved in operating a pub.

(3)

A pub-owning business is not required to give advice and information about appropriate pre-entry training to a prospective tenant who—

(a)

is currently, or

(b)

has been, within the period of three years ending on the day on which the lease is proposed to start,

a tied-pub tenant.