SCHEDULE 2Amendment of the Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016

Insertion of regulation 45A (notification of transfers where extended protection applies)16

After regulation 45 insert—

Pub-owning business to notify Adjudicator of circumstances giving rise to extended protection45A

1

This regulation applies where a pub-owning business intends to transfer the title of a tied pub to a person (the “transferee”) in circumstances which will give rise to or continue the tied pub tenant having extended protection in relation to the tied pub.

2

Before the transfer of title, the pub-owning business must provide to the Adjudicator—

a

the name and address of the transferee;

b

where the transferee is a UK-registered company, the company registration number of the transferee; and

c

the anticipated completion date for the transfer.

3

In paragraph (2), “company registration number” has the same meaning as “registered number” in section 1066 of the Companies Act 20063.