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Immediately Review the Pubs Code

Closed 1,652 signatures

What the petition asks

After 12 years of campaigning, the Pubs Code came in to practice July 2016. It was meant regulate the pubs industry and curb some of the unfair practices carried out by pub owning businesses that negatively affect pub tenants and the wider pub industry. It is not working and urgently needs reviewed.
The Government set a review date of July 2019 to assess the efficacy of The Pubs Code. The failure of the Code has been so catastrophic it is imperative that the Government step in early and strengthen the grey areas of the Code. The simple argument is that an adjudicator has no legal powers, so the cash-rich pub owning companies are simply taking all the significant rulings made by the Pubs Code Adjudicator to the High Court and having them overturned.

Timeline

16 May 2018 Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,652
Status Closed
Opened 16 May 2018
Closed 16 Nov 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.