UK Statutory Instrument 2024 United Kingdom

The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024

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At a glance

What's here

9 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

Trader 7
Contractor 1

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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The Health and Personal Social Services (General Medical Services Contracts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 2004 87 duties

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

s.007

Use of a fixed price

Set out fixed-price terms and review procedure in milk contracts Trader

s.008

Use of a variable price

Ensure variable milk pricing follows contract rules and respond to producer price queries Trader

s.011

Referral of relevant variable price to independent third party

Include third-party verification procedure in milk contracts using variable prices Trader

s.013

Collection of milk

Include collection and frequency terms in milk purchase contracts Trader

s.015

Notices under a milk purchase contract

Include notice rules in your milk purchase contracts Contractor

s.017

Dispute resolution

Include a complaints procedure in your milk purchase contracts Trader

s.019

Termination

Comply with termination notice rules in milk purchase contracts Trader

s.025

Notice of decision

Pay civil penalty or compensation within 28 days of notice of decision Trader

s.026

Appeals

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

Business purchasers and producers can appeal regulatory decisions to the First-Tier Tribunal Tribunal / Court

Browse 19 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement

s.001

Citation, commencement, extent and application

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Requirement to use a milk purchase contract and general provisions

s.004

Format of a milk purchase contract

s.005

Duration of milk purchase contract

s.006

Permitted pricing

s.009

Tiered pricing

s.010

Method and frequency of payment

s.012

Fixed volume contracts

s.014

Force majeure

s.016

Variation of terms

s.018

Cooling off period

s.020

Referral of complaint to the Secretary of State

s.021

Power to impose a civil penalty or require compensation

s.022

Requirement of the Secretary of State to publish guidance

s.023

Notice of intent

s.024

Representations

s.027

Review

s.028

Amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013

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