# The Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016, Paragraph 28: Payment of rent and deposits

Extent: E+W

(1) The arrangements for the payment of deposits, including—
(a) the amount of any deposit (“the deposit”) payable by the tied pub tenant to the pub-owning business for the purposes of securing the tenancy or licence;
(b) the period for which the deposit is likely to be retained by the pub-owning business;
(c) the arrangements for paying to the tied pub tenant any interest accruing on the deposit;
(d) the circumstances in which the deposit may be required to be increased under the tenancy or licence;
(e) when and how the deposit will be repaid to the tied pub tenant;
(f) how the deposit is to be treated if the pub-owning business becomes insolvent.
(2) The information required under sub-paragraph (1) is not required to be provided to a tied pub tenant in connection with the renewal of a protected 1954 Act tenancy unless the pub-owning business proposes to change the arrangements for the payment of rent, money payable in lieu of rent and other deposits on the renewal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/790/schedule/1/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pubs-code-etc-regulations-2016/schedule-1/paragraph-28
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