Tied Pubs (Scotland) Act 2021

9Enforcement actionS

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(1)If, having carried out an investigation, the adjudicator is satisfied that a pub-owning business has failed to comply with the code, the adjudicator may take one or more of the enforcement actions mentioned in subsection (2).

(2)The enforcement actions are—

(a)directing the business to do, or stop doing, something specified in order to comply with the code,

(b)directing the business to publish specified information relating to the investigation in a specified manner by a specified deadline,

(c)imposing a financial penalty on the business.

(3)If the adjudicator gives a direction under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (2), the adjudicator must monitor whether the requirement to comply with it has been fulfilled.

(4)In subsection (2), “specified” means specified in the direction given, in writing, to the pub-owning business by the adjudicator.

Commencement Information

I1S. 9 in force at 24.6.2024 by S.S.I. 2024/136, reg. 2