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50. Arbitration commenced by pub-owning businesses
(1) This section applies where -
(a) there is an arbitration agreement between a tied pub tenant and a pub-owning business, and
(b) the business commences arbitral proceedings about a matter which is, or which includes, a Pubs Code dispute between the business and the tenant.
(2) In this section a "Pubs Code dispute" means a dispute -
(a) which relates to an allegation by the tied pub tenant that the pub-owning business has failed to comply with a provision of the Pubs Code, and
(b) which the tenant would have been able to refer for arbitration by the Adjudicator in accordance with section 48 (were it not for the commencement of arbitral proceedings by the business).
(3) Subsection (4) applies where -
(a) in accordance with the arbitration agreement, the Adjudicator is appointed to arbitrate the Pubs Code dispute, or
(b) the tied pub tenant wishes the Adjudicator to be appointed to arbitrate that dispute, and has given notice to that effect in accordance with subsections (5) to (7).