Regulation 2 General interpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “annual percentage change in the consumer price index” means the annual change in the general index of consumer prices (for all items), as published by the Statistics Board^f1 with the identifying code D7G7;

• “business development manager” has the meaning given in regulation 41(6);

• “commencement date” means the date on which these Regulations come into force;

• “compliance officer” means a person who is appointed under regulation 42(1);

• “fixed share of turnover” has the meaning given in regulation 55(4);

• “full response” has the meaning given in regulation 29(5);

• “gaming machine” has the meaning given in section 235 of the Gambling Act 2005^f2;

• “initial or revised rent” has the meaning given in regulation 16(1)(a);

• “insurance charge” has the meaning given in regulation 46(1);

• “investment agreement” has the meaning given in regulation 56(3);

• “MRO notice” has the meaning given in regulation 23(1);

• “MRO rent” means the rent or money payable in lieu of rent payable in respect of the tied pub tenant’s^f3 occupation of the premises concerned under an MRO-compliant tenancy or licence^f4;

• “new agreement” means a new tenancy of, or a new licence to occupy, premises which are, or are expected to be, a tied pub but does not include a short agreement or the renewal of a tenancy or licence;

• “new rent” has the meaning given in regulation 20(1)(a);

• “period of response” has the meaning given in regulation 29(7) to (9);

• F1“procedural or event dispute” has the meaning given in regulation 32(6);

• “protected 1954 Act tenancy” means a tenancy—

  1. (a)

     to which Part 2 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954^f5 applies, and

  2. (b)

     which is not a tenancy in relation to which the provisions of sections 24 to 28 of that Act have been excluded by virtue of section 38A(1) of that Act;

• “pub franchise agreement” has the meaning given in regulation 55(2);

• “pubs entry training” has the meaning given in regulation 9(4);

• F2“referral period” has the meaning given in regulation 35(5);

• “relevant share of turnover” has the meaning given in regulation 55(5);

• “rent proposal” means a proposal made in accordance with Part 3;

• “rent assessment proposal” means a proposal made in accordance with Part 4;

• “rent review date” has the meaning given in regulation 21(12);

• F3“required full response” has the meaning given in regulation 33(3);

• “resolution period” has the meaning given in regulation 32A(2);

• “response under the relevant provisions” has the meaning given in regulation 30(3);

• “revised response” has the meaning given in F4regulation 33A(1), (2), (4) and (5);

• “SBEEA 2015” means the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015;

• “Schedule of Condition” means the provisions in a tenancy or licence which specify the condition of the premises to which the tenancy or licence relates;

• “short agreement” means—

  1. (a)

     a tenancy at will which entitles a tied pub tenant to occupy a tied pub; or

  2. (b)

     any other contractual agreement entitling a tied pub tenant to occupy a tied pub for no more than 12 months;

• “significant increase”, in relation to the price at which a product or service which is subject to a product or service tie^f6 is supplied to a tied pub tenant, has the meaning given in regulations 3 to 6;

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• “the RICS” means the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors;

• “the RICS guidance” means guidance issued by the RICS, as amended from time to time;

• “trigger event” has the meaning given by section 43(9) of SBEEA 2015 and regulation 7 F6;

• “updated period of response” has the meaning given in regulation 32B(2);

• “updated full response” has the meaning given in regulation 32B(3).

For the purposes of these Regulations, a tied pub tenant receives notification of 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 when the tied pub tenant receives the invoice the issue of which constitutes such an increase.