Part 2Giving effect to the code

Investigation by the adjudicator

I19Enforcement action

1

If, having carried out an investigation, the adjudicator is satisfied that a pub-owning business has failed to comply with the code, the adjudicator may take one or more of the enforcement actions mentioned in subsection (2).

2

The enforcement actions are—

a

directing the business to do, or stop doing, something specified in order to comply with the code,

b

directing the business to publish specified information relating to the investigation in a specified manner by a specified deadline,

c

imposing a financial penalty on the business.

3

If the adjudicator gives a direction under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2), the adjudicator must monitor whether the requirement to comply with it has been fulfilled.

4

In subsection (2), “specified” means specified in the direction given, in writing, to the pub-owning business by the adjudicator.