PART 12 Exemptions from these Regulations

54 Short agreements
Where a pub-owning business and a tied pub tenant—
(a) enter into a short agreement; and
(b) that agreement, together with all other short agreements (if any) previously entered into between the pub-owning business and the tied pub tenant entitle the tenant to occupy the tied pub for a total period of less than 12 months,
regulations 9 to 13 and Parts 3 to 10 of these Regulations do not apply to the dealings of the pub-owning business and the tenant in connection with that agreement.