{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-57.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/57",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Void or unenforceable terms of a tenancy or licence",
  "text": "(1) A term of a tenancy or other agreement between a tied pub tenant and a pub-owning business (whether entered into before or after the commencement date) is void if it purports to—\n(a) penalise the tenant for requiring the pub-owning business to act, or not act, in accordance with Parts 2 to 10 of these Regulations; or\n(b) provide that a rent review or a review of money payable by the tenant in lieu of rent in relation to the tied pub—\n(i) may be initiated only by the pub-owning business; or\n(ii) may only determine that the rent or money payable in lieu of rent is to be increased.\n(2) A dispute in relation to a term which is unenforceable, in that it purports to exclude, limit or otherwise modify the processes or the obligations of pub-owning businesses required under Parts 2 to 10 of these Regulations, may be arbitrated in accordance with an arbitration agreement.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 57 in force at 21.7.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 72(1) of SBEEA 2015 defines “arbitration agreement”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/790/regulation/57",
    "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."
}