# The Scottish Pubs Code Regulations 2024, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2024/9780111060063/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-scottish-pubs-code-regulations-2024/regulation-9
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