Pubs Code and adjudicator: fees, enforcement and other parts of the code

We will be introducing a statutory Pubs Code to govern the relationship between businesses that own 500 or more tied pubs and their tied tenants. We will also introduce an independent Pubs Code adjudicator to enforce the code.

We’re consulting on these measures in 2 parts. See part one of the consultation.

In this part we’re seeking your views on:

• the type and timing of information provided to tied tenants
• repair and maintenance obligations
• types of agreement outside the scope of some or all of the code, such as genuine franchises and some short-term agreements and tenancies at will
• adjudicator fees and the maximum financial penalty for breaches of the code
• extended code protection
• our plans to ensure we fulfil the objectives of a parallel rent assessment (PRA) in relation to the market rent only (MRO) option and requirements to provide information in relation to a tied rent offer
• the rent assessment trigger for the MRO option and in particular whether to remove the rent increase condition

You can respond to both parts of this consultation in a single response.