Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021

4Scottish Ministers’ duty to seek to make code and appoint adjudicator

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(1)Before the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day that this section comes into force, the Scottish Ministers must—

(a)lay before the Scottish Parliament for approval by resolution a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing regulations under section 1, and

(b)appoint a person to the office of Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator.

(2)For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) does not require the Scottish Ministers to do both of those things on the same day.

(3)If the Scottish Parliament approves the draft instrument laid before it in accordance with subsection (1)(a), the Scottish Ministers must make the regulations contained in the draft instrument.

(4)Having—

(a)made regulations under section 1, and

(b)appointed a person to the office of Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator,

the Scottish Ministers may by regulations repeal this section.