Scottish Statutory Instrument SI 2024/193 United Kingdom

The Scottish Pubs Code Regulations 2024

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Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

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Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Tied-pub tenant not to suffer detriment Regulated
  • Do not penalise tied-pub tenants for exercising their rightsTrader
s.004 Disputes Regulated
  • Try to resolve disputes informally with tied-pub tenants before arbitrationTrader
s.006 Requirement to provide information to the adjudicator Regulated
  • Provide required information to the Pubs AdjudicatorTrader
s.007 Requirement to comply with adjudicator’s directions following an investigation Regulated
  • Comply with adjudicator's directions following an investigationTrader
s.008 Restriction on enforcing certain terms of agreement Regulated
  • Do not enforce prohibited lease terms against tied-pub tenantsTrader
s.009 Pre-entry training for prospective tenants Regulated
  • Advise tied pub tenants to complete pre-entry trainingTrader
s.010 Information to be provided to prospective tenants Regulated
  • Provide prospective tenants with full information pack before signing a tied pub leaseTrader
s.011 Prospective tenants to prepare a business plan Regulated
  • Advise tied pub tenants to prepare a business plan and consider it in lease negotiationsTrader
s.011 Schedule of condition Regulated
  • Take Schedule of Condition into account before new leaseTrader
s.012 Rent assessment Regulated
  • Provide rent assessment statements to tied-pub tenants before rent reviewsTrader
s.013 Rent review Regulated
  • Review tied pub rent when tenant requests itTrader
s.015 Requirement to offer an MRO lease Regulated
  • Offer your tied-pub tenant an MRO lease when they request oneTrader
s.016 Process for offering an MRO lease Regulated
  • Respond to MRO lease requests within 4 weeks and negotiate in good faithTrader
s.017 Assessing the market rent of an MRO lease Regulated
  • Appoint a rent assessor and make an MRO lease offer after failed rent negotiationsTrader
s.021 Requirement to offer a guest beer agreement Regulated
  • Offer a guest beer agreement when your tied‑pub tenant requests oneTrader
s.022 Process for offering a guest beer agreement Regulated
  • Respond to guest beer request within 4 weeks with written offerTrader
s.023 Requirement to change a guest beer brand Regulated
  • Include fair and reasonable timescale in guest beer change noticeTrader
s.024 Gaming machines Regulated
  • Do not force tied pub tenants to buy or rent gaming machines from you or nominated suppliersTrader
s.025 Flow monitoring devices Regulated
  • Do not penalise tied-pub tenants based solely on flow monitoring device readingsTrader
8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.005 Terms of the code excluded from arbitration
s.014 Characteristics of an MRO lease
s.015 Requirement to offer an MRO lease: further provision where lease period is longer than one year
s.018 Referring a failure to agree an MRO lease to the adjudicator
s.019 Right to end an MRO process
s.020 Characteristics of a guest beer agreement

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