Enterprise Bill [HL] — Report (2nd Day) — 30 Nov 2015 at 17:37

Amendment 70ZB not moved.

Amendment 70ZC

Moved by Lord Mendelsohn

70ZC: After Clause 25, insert the following new Clause-

“Market rent only: conditions and triggers

(1) The Pubs Code shall require pub-owning businesses to offer a market rent only option to tied pub tenants which fall within the definition in section 70(1)(a) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 in the following circumstances-

(a) in connection with the renewal of any of the pub arrangements;

(b) in connection with a rent assessment or assessment of money payable by the tenant in lieu of rent;

(c) in connection with a significant increase in the price at which any product or service which is subject to a product or service tie is supplied to the tied pub tenant where the increase was not reasonably foreseeable-

(i) when the tenancy or licence was granted, or

(ii) if there has been an assessment of the kind specified in paragraph (b), when the last assessment was concluded;

(d) after a trigger event has occured.

(2) A “trigger event”, in relation to a tied pub tenant, means an event which-

(a) is beyond the control of the tied pub tenant,

(b) was not reasonably foreseeable,

(c) has a significant impact on the level of trade that could reasonably be expected to be achieved at the tied pub, and

(d) is of a description specified in the Pubs Code.”

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