Regulation 29 Effect of tenant’s noticeI1

This regulation applies where a pub-owning business has received an MRO notice.

The pub-owning business must send a written acknowledgement to the tied pub tenant as soon as reasonably practicable.

Where the pub-owning business agrees with the tied pub tenant’s opinion under regulation 23(3)(e), the pub-owning business must send the tenant—

Where the pub-owning business disagrees with the tied pub tenant’s opinion under regulation 23(3)(e), it must send the tenant—

A response under paragraph (3) or (4) is a “full response”.

Where a full response includes a proposed tenancy or licence that tenancy or licence must be MRO-compliant.

The pub-owning business must send a full response within the period of response.

The “period of response” is, subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), the period of 28 days which begins with F5the day after the day on which the pub-owning business receives an MRO notice.

Where—

the “period of response” is the period of 28 days which begins with F6the day after the day on which the court makes an order for the grant of a new tenancy.

Where the tenant gives an MRO notice that the event specified in regulation 26 has occurred, and the event is a renewal by virtue of regulation 26(2)(b), the “period of response” is the period of 28 days which begins —