(1) The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which this section comes into force, make regulations about practices and procedures to be followed by pub-owning businesses in their dealings with their tied pub tenants.
(2) In this Part the regulations are referred to as "the Pubs Code".
(3) The Secretary of State must seek to ensure that the Pubs Code is consistent with -
(a) the principle of fair and lawful dealing by pub-owning businesses in relation to their tied pub tenants;
(b) the principle that tied pub tenants should not be worse off than they would be if they were not subject to any product or service tie.
(4) The Pubs Code may, in particular -
(a) contain requirements as to the provision of information by pub-owning businesses to their tied pub tenants;
(b) require pub-owning businesses, in specified circumstances, to provide the following assessments in relation to their tied pub tenants -
(i) rent assessments, or
(ii) ass
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