Scottish Statutory Instrument 2024 United Kingdom

The Scottish Pubs Code Regulations 2024

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19 compliance obligations, 1 practical guide

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What this Act requires

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s.003

Tied-pub tenant not to suffer detriment

  • Do not penalise tied-pub tenants for exercising their rights Trader
s.004

Disputes

  • Try to resolve disputes informally with tied-pub tenants before arbitration Trader
s.006

Requirement to provide information to the adjudicator

  • Provide required information to the Pubs Adjudicator Trader
s.007

Requirement to comply with adjudicator’s directions following an investigation

  • Comply with adjudicator's directions following an investigation Trader
s.008

Restriction on enforcing certain terms of agreement

  • Do not enforce prohibited lease terms against tied-pub tenants Trader
s.009

Pre-entry training for prospective tenants

  • Advise tied pub tenants to complete pre-entry training Trader
s.010

Information to be provided to prospective tenants

  • Provide prospective tenants with full information pack before signing a tied pub lease Trader
s.011

Prospective tenants to prepare a business plan

  • Advise tied pub tenants to prepare a business plan and consider it in lease negotiations Trader
s.011

Schedule of condition

  • Take Schedule of Condition into account before new lease Trader
s.012

Rent assessment

  • Provide rent assessment statements to tied-pub tenants before rent reviews Trader
s.013

Rent review

  • Review tied pub rent when tenant requests it Trader
s.015

Requirement to offer an MRO lease

  • Offer your tied-pub tenant an MRO lease when they request one Trader
s.016

Process for offering an MRO lease

  • Respond to MRO lease requests within 4 weeks and negotiate in good faith Trader
s.017

Assessing the market rent of an MRO lease

  • Appoint a rent assessor and make an MRO lease offer after failed rent negotiations Trader
s.021

Requirement to offer a guest beer agreement

  • Offer a guest beer agreement when your tied‑pub tenant requests one Trader
s.022

Process for offering a guest beer agreement

  • Respond to guest beer request within 4 weeks with written offer Trader
s.023

Requirement to change a guest beer brand

  • Include fair and reasonable timescale in guest beer change notice Trader
s.024

Gaming machines

  • Do not force tied pub tenants to buy or rent gaming machines from you or nominated suppliers Trader
s.025

Flow monitoring devices

  • Do not penalise tied-pub tenants based solely on flow monitoring device readings Trader
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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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