Citation, commencement, extent and application
1.—(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(1) takes possession of before the transition date under a milk purchase contract that was in force immediately before the commencement date.
(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.
For the meaning of “business purchaser” see section 29(3)(a) of the Agriculture Act 2020.