PART 1 General

1 Citation, commencement, extent and application
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024.
2 They come into force on the commencement date.
3 They extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
4 Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), these Regulations apply in relation to milk purchase contracts.
5 They do not apply in relation to any quantity of milk that the business purchaser takes possession of before the transition date under a milk purchase contract that was in force immediately before the commencement date.
For the meaning of “business purchaser” see section 29(3)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020.
6 Part 4, excluding regulations 9 and 10, does not apply to a milk purchase contract—
(a) where the terms that relate to the price of milk supplied under it were agreed to on behalf of the producer by a representative organisation, of which the producer is a member; or
(b) where the business purchaser has an internal democratic structure and the contract relates to the purchase of milk from a producer member.
7 In this regulation—
“the commencement date” is the day after the expiry of 12 weeks, beginning with the day on which these Regulations are made;
“the transition date” is the day after the expiry of 12 months, beginning with the commencement date.