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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Wednesday 5 December 2012

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Groceries Code Adjudicator Committee 1 and 3-4

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [Lords]

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  4,  page  2,  line  12,  at end add—

 

‘(4)    

The Adjudicator will have authority to review compliance and to undertake one

 

or more investigations if the Adjudicator suspects that there has been any breach

 

of the Groceries Code since that Code came into force on 4 February 2010.’.

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  13,  page  5,  line  3,  at end add—

 

‘(2)    

In considering such changes, the Adjudicator shall review the territorial extent of

 

the Groceries Code, especially in relation to the activities of large retailers outside

 

the United Kingdom, such activities to include supplier trading practices and

 

activities undertaken by the subsidiaries of large retailers.’.

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  18,  page  7,  line  43,  leave out paragraphs (b) and (c).

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  18,  page  8,  line  2,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Adjudicator shall, before permitting any

 

disclosure of the identity of any complainant or provider of information to the

 

Adjudicator, take all practical steps to protect the identity of that person by

 

redacting, anonymising and where appropriate otherwise limiting the disclosure

 

of identifying information to any third party and further by obtaining binding

 

undertakings of non-disclosure from any person to whom identifying information

 

is disclosed.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 December 2012                  

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Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

Jo Swinson

 

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Clause  9,  page  3,  line  34 ,  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

The Secretary of State must make an order—

 

(a)    

specifying the amount of the permitted maximum, or

 

(b)    

specifying how that amount is to be determined.

 

(8)    

The Adjudicator must, within 6 months beginning with the day on which

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section 1 comes into force, make a recommendation as to the amount that should

 

be specified in the first order under subsection (7) or the method for determining

 

the amount.

 

(9)    

Before making a recommendation the Adjudicator must consult any person he or

 

she thinks appropriate.

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(10)    

The Secretary of State—

 

(a)    

must have regard to the Adjudicator’s recommendation when making the

 

first order under subsection (7);

 

(b)    

may amend or replace an order under subsection (7) only if the Secretary

 

of State has considered whether to do so as part of a review under

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section 15.

 

(11)    

The Adjudicator may not impose a financial penalty in respect of a breach of the

 

Groceries Code that occurs before the first order under subsection (7) comes into

 

force.’.

 

As an Amendment to Jo Swinson’s proposed Amendment (No. 6):—

 

Andrew George

 

(a)

 

Line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(7A)    

The Secretary of State must make the order referred to in subsection (7) within 3

 

months of the Adjudicator making the recommendation referred to in subsection

 

(8).’.

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  4,  page  2,  line  5,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

The Adjudicator may carry out an investigation where there are reasonable

 

grounds to suspect that a large retailer has—

 

(a)    

broken the Groceries Code; or

 

(b)    

failed to follow a recommendation made under section 7; or

 

(c)    

failed to incorporate the Groceries Code into a supply agreement, as

 

required under Article 5 of the Groceries Supply Order.’.

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  6,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out from ‘a large retailer’ to end of line 28 and

 

insert ‘any of the grounds for launching an investigation under section 4(1) has in fact

 

occurred, the Adjudicator may take one or more of the following enforcement measures—

 

’.

 

Andrew George

 

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Clause  7,  page  2,  line  33,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 5 December 2012                  

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Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill-[Lords], continued

 
 

‘(1)    

If the Adjudicator chooses to enforce through making recommendations, that

 

means—

 

(a)    

in the case that a retailer has been found to have broken the Groceries

 

Code, or has failed to follow a previous recommendation made under this

 

section, recommending what the large retailer should do in order to

 

comply with the Groceries Code; and

 

(b)    

in the case that a retailer has been found to have failed to incorporate the

 

Groceries Code into a Supply Agreement, as required under Article 5 of

 

the Groceries Supply Order, recommending what the large retailer should

 

do in order to comply with Article 5 of the Groceries Supply Order.’.

 


 
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