# Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021, Paragraph 15


(1) If, having collected the levy in respect of a financial year, the adjudicator has a surplus, the adjudicator may repay some or all of it to pub-owning businesses.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1), “surplus” means the money held by the adjudicator at the end of a financial year, less the liabilities shown in the adjudicator's statement of accounts for the year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2021/17/schedule/2/paragraph/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/tied-pubs-scotland-act-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-15
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