{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/regulation-7.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/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Trigger events",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Part 4 of SBEEA 2015 (and so of these Regulations) an event is a “trigger event”, in relation to a tied pub tenant, only if (in addition to meeting the conditions in section 43(9)(a) to (c) of SBEEA 2015)—\n(a) conditions A and B are met; and\n(b) either—\n(i) the event does not affect pubs other than the tied pub; or\n(ii) conditions C and D are met.\n(2) Condition A is that the effect of the event is to decrease the level of trade that is reasonably expected to be achieved at the tied pub in each month over a continuous period of 12 months.\n(3) Condition B is that the event is not—\n(a) connected to the personal circumstances of the tied pub tenant;\n(b) 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;\n(c) an extrinsic 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;\n(d) an event of a kind described in regulation 26 or regulation 27; or\n(e) an event which the tied pub tenant could reasonably have prevented, or the effects of which it could reasonably have substantially mitigated.\n(4) Condition C is that the event—\n(a) affects other pubs in the local area; but\n(b) is unlikely to affect all pubs in England or Wales.\n(5) Condition D is that the event—\n(a) is directly related to a change in the tie imposed by the pub-owning business on the tied pub; or\n(b) has an effect which is directly related to changes in the local area such as—\n(i) changes to the local infrastructure;\n(ii) changes to local employment;\n(iii) long-term changes to the local economic environment;\n(iv) changes to local environmental factors.\n(6) An “extrinsic increase” in relation to a tied product or service means an increase in the price of the product or service due to circumstances beyond the control of the pub-owning business such as—\n(a) an increase in the price at which the pub-owning business purchases the product or service;\n(b) an increase in any tax or duty payable by the pub-owning business which arises from the pub-owning business’s purchase of the product or service; or\n(c) an increase in any other tax or regulatory cost payable by the pub-owning business which affects the costs of the pub-owning business.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 in force at 21.7.2016, see reg. 1(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 69 of SBEEA 2015 defines “pub-owning business”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/790/regulation/7",
    "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."
}