The Pubs Code etc. Regulations 2016

Duty to appoint a compliance officer

42.—(1) A pub-owning business must appoint a suitably qualified employee to be the compliance officer, whose role is to verify the pub-owning business’s compliance with these Regulations.

(2) The pub-owning business must ensure that the compliance officer—

(a) is provided with the resources necessary to carry out his or her role, including information relating to the pub-owning business’s obligations under these Regulations;

(b) is entitled to contact the business development managers to discuss matters relating to those obligations;

(c) makes himself or herself reasonably available to tied pub tenants and any other persons acting on their behalf who may have a query relating to these Regulations;

(d) is independent of, and is not managed by, the business development managers;

(e) is entitled to discuss with tied pub tenants the reasons for any decisions made by the pub-owning business under these Regulations;

(f) is entitled to discuss with the Adjudicator matters relating to the pub-owning business’s compliance with these Regulations;

(g) for the purposes of the annual compliance report, maintains records of the training received by the business development managers.