SP Bill 62B Session 5 (2021) 2 Tied Pubs (Scotland) Bill Part 1—The Code and the adjudicator 4 Scottish Ministers’ duty to seek to make code and appoint adjudicator (1) Before the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the day that this section comes into force, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) lay before the Scottish Parliament for approval by resolution a draft Scottish 5 statutory instrument containing regulations under section 1, and (b) appoint a person to the office of Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator. (2) For the avoidance of doubt, subsection (1) does not require the Scottish Ministers to do both of those things on the same day. (3) If the Scottish Parliament approves the draft instrument laid before it in accordance with 10 subsection (1)(a), the Scottish Ministers must make the regulations contained in the draft instrument. (4) Having— (a) made regulations under section 1, and (b) appointed a person to the office of Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator, 15 the Scottish Ministers may by regulations repeal this section. 5 Review of the code and adjudicator’s performance (1) As soon as practicable after each review period, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) prepare a report reviewing, over the period— (i) the operation of the code, and 20 (ii) the adjudicator’s performance, (b) make the report publicly available, and (c) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament. (2) In reviewing the operation of the code, the Scottish Ministers must consider— (a) the extent to which the code is consistent with the regulatory principles set out 25 in section 3, (b) whether the code could be modified to reflect those principles more fully. (3) In reviewing the adjudicator’s performance, the Scottish Ministers— (a) must consider how effective the adjudicator has been in enforcing the code, (b) may consider whether it would be desirable to modify any regulations under 30 section 10 or 17, (c) may consider any other matter the Ministers consider appropriate. (4) A review period— (a) begins on 1 April in the calendar year that the preceding review period ended, and 35 (b) ends on 31 March...