Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021

Requirement to offer guest beer agreementS

4(1)The code must require a pub-owning business to offer to enter into a guest beer agreement with a tied-pub tenant in certain circumstances.S

(2)The code is to specify the circumstances in which the offer must be made.

(3)A guest beer agreement is an agreement that—

(a)allows a tied-pub tenant to—

(i)sell to the pub's customers, at a price of the tenant's choosing, at least one beer chosen by the tenant (regardless of who produces it), and

(ii)change the chosen beer as frequently as the tenant wishes,

(b)allows the tenant to do those things without penalty, and

(c)satisfies any other criteria specified in the code.