Regulation 8 Restriction on enforcing certain terms of agreementI1

Scotland

(1)

A pub-owning business is prohibited from enforcing any of the following terms in a lease—

(a)

a term under which a tied-pub tenant is prevented from, or can be penalised for, taking action to enforce the code,

(b)

a term which provides that a rent assessment or rent review in relation to the tied pub—

(i)

may be initiated only by the pub-owning business,

(ii)

may only determine that the rent is to be increased,

(iii)

may not determine that the rent is to be reduced.

(2)

A pub-owning business may not enforce a term of an agreement between a pub-owning business and a tied-pub tenant to the extent to which it is incompatible with this code.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 8 in force at 30.3.2025, see reg. 1(2)(a) (as substituted by S.S.I. 2025/92, regs. 1, 3(2))