The Scottish Pubs Code Regulations 2024

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Tied-pub tenant not to suffer detriment

   4. 4. Disputes

   5. 5. Terms of the code excluded from arbitration

   6. 6. Requirement to provide information to the adjudicator

   7. 7. Requirement to comply with adjudicator’s directions following an investigation

   8. 8. Restriction on enforcing certain terms of agreement

3. PART 2 Information and advice to prospective tied-pub tenants

   1. 9. Pre-entry training for prospective tenants

   2. 10. Information to be provided to prospective tenants

   3. 11. Prospective tenants to prepare a business plan

4. PART 3 Rent assessment and rent review

   1. 12. Rent assessment

   2. 13. Rent review

5. PART 4 Market rent only leases

   1. 14. Characteristics of an MRO lease

   2. 15. Requirement to offer an MRO lease

   3. 16. Process for offering an MRO lease

   4. 17. Assessing the market rent of an MRO lease

   5. 18. Referring a failure to agree an MRO lease to the adjudicator

   6. 19. Right to end an MRO process

6. PART 5 Guest beer agreements

   1. 20. Characteristics of a guest beer agreement

   2. 21. Requirement to offer a guest beer agreement

   3. 22. Process for offering a guest beer agreement

   4. 23. Requirement to change a guest beer brand

7. PART 6 Miscellaneous

   1. 24. Gaming machines

   2. 25. Flow monitoring devices

8. Signature

9. Explanatory Note