86.Paragraph 10 enables the Scottish Ministers to make loans to the adjudicator. This may, for example, be needed at the time of establishing the adjudicator, before the levy on pub-owning businesses has been imposed and collected.
87.Paragraph 11 allows the Scottish Ministers to provide staff (including on a seconded basis, see notes on paragraph 24 of schedule 2 below), premises, facilities or other assistance to the adjudicator and may decide whether or not to do so at a charge. This would allow the Scottish Government, for example, to offer the adjudicator and relevant support staff space within existing premises, supported by existing administrative and IT services etc.
Schedule 2: Scottish Pubs Code Adjudicator Part 3: Funding and other support Loans and other assistance