{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/790",
  "legislation_title": "The Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Duty to conduct a rent assessment or an assessment of money payable in lieu of rent",
  "text": "(1) A pub-owning business—\n(a) must conduct a rent assessment or an assessment of money payable in lieu of rent in connection with a rent review which is required under the terms of a tenancy or licence of a tied pub of which it is the landlord; and\n(b) must conduct a rent assessment or an assessment of money payable in lieu of rent where a tied pub tenant of such a pub requests it under paragraph (2).\n(2) A tied pub tenant may request a rent assessment or an assessment of money payable in lieu of rent if —\n(a) such an assessment has not ended within the period of 5 years ending with the date of the request;\n(b) there is a significant increase in the price at which a product or service which is subject to a product or service tie is supplied to the tied pub tenant; or\n(c) the tied pub tenant demonstrates that a trigger event has occurred by means of a written analysis of the level of trading which is forecast for a period of 12 months or more beginning with the day on which the tenant makes the request.\n(3) A request under paragraph (2) must be made in writing and—\n(a) in the case of a request made under paragraph (2)(b), must be received by the pub-owning business within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the tied pub tenant receives notification of the significant increase; and\n(b) in the case of a request made under paragraph (2)(c), must be received by the pub-owning business within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the tied pub tenant sends the written analysis referred to in that paragraph to the pub-owning business.\n(4) The following are not rent reviews for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a)—\n(a) an annual or other periodic indexation of rent;\n(b) a change in rent in connection with the receipt of a corresponding benefit from the pub-owning business;\n(c) a change in rent in connection with the freeing of the tied pub tenant from a product or service tie;\n(d) any discussions in respect of changes in rent which are carried out within a review of the business provided for under the terms of the tenancy or licence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 19 in force at 21.7.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/790/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:16.726869+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}