House of Commons Notices of Amendments
given on
Thursday 21 February 2013
For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
675, 721-22 749 and 773-74

Consideration of Bill
Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill , As Amended

‘Suppliers are not allowed to refer cases to the Adjudicator and cannot have cases
referred on their behalf if their turnover exceeds £1bn per annum.’.

‘This Bill will expire in seven years from the date it receives Royal Assent.’.

‘(4) The large retailer may appeal against the requirement to publish information—

(a) to the High Court, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland; or

(b) to the Court of Session, in Scotland.’.

‘(d) all costs incurred by the Adjudicator.’.

‘(3A) For the purpose of the first levy and any subsequent annual increase in the levy
of greater then 10 per cent on the previous year, the Adjudicator must undertake
a consultation process with the large retailers and consider any submissions
received as the Adjudicator considers appropriate.’.

‘Suppliers are not allowed to refer cases to the Adjudicator and cannot have cases
referred on their behalf if they have their principal headquarters outside the
European Union.’.

‘The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any supplies which are produced,
manufactured or processed, in whole or in part, outside the European Union.’.

‘(10A) The Secretary of State may by order provide that this Act has effect as if the
section set out in subsection (11) below were inserted after section 4.

(10B) An order under subsection (10A)—

(a) may be made only if, as a result of the findings of a review, the Secretary
of State thinks that making the order would enable the Adjudicator to be
more effective;

(b) may be revoked only if, as a result of the findings of a review, the
Secretary of State thinks that revoking the order would not impair the
Adjudicator’s effectiveness.

(11) This is the section referred to in subsection (10A)—’.

‘(a) the nature and type of arbitrations to be conducted under section 3
including:

(i) the law applicable to an arbirtration; and

(ii) where the arbitration should be conducted.’.

‘(2) The Office of Fair Trading shall be required to publish a response to the
Adjudicator on the recommendations set out in subsection (1) explaining whether
they will be acted upon or not.’.

‘(3) In assessing changes that could be made to the Code, the Adjudicator shall give
due consideration to—

(a) the territorial extent of the Code, especially in relation to activities of
large retailers outwith the UK, including work done by subsidiaries of
large retailers;

(b) whether intermediaries in the supply chain should be covered; and

(c) whether commercial pressures or criminal activity pose risks to
consumer interests by potentially compromising standards of food safety,
hygiene and food authenticity.’.