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

Supplier turnover

Philip Davies

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘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.’.


Sunsetting

Philip Davies

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

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

Philip Davies

24

Page 3, line 15 [Clause 8], at end add—

‘(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.’.

Philip Davies

25

Page 5, line 27 [Clause 14], at end add—

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

Philip Davies

26

Page 8, line 33 [Clause 19], at end add—

‘(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.’.


Supplier headquarters

Mr Christopher Chope

NC4

To move the following Clause:—

‘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.’.


Supply source

Mr Christopher Chope

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘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.’.

Mr Christopher Chope

27

Page 10 [Clause 25], leave out lines 35 to 40 and insert ‘This Act shall come into force
two months after Royal Assent.’.



Secretary Vince Cable

8

Page 6 [Clause 15], leave out lines 34 to 36 and insert—

‘(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)—’.

Mr Christopher Chope

(a)

Line 6, after ‘more’, insert ‘efficient and’.

Mr Christopher Chope

(b)

Line 9, after ‘Adjudicator’s’, insert ‘efficiency and’.

Ian Murray

Huw Irranca-Davies

28

Page 4, line 32 [Clause 12], at end insert—

‘(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.’.

Ian Murray

Huw Irranca-Davies

29

Page 5, line 18 [Clause 13], at end add—

‘(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.’.

Ian Murray

Huw Irranca-Davies

30

Page 5, line 18 [Clause 13], at end add—

‘(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.’.

Ian Murray

Huw Irranca-Davies

31

Page 5, line 29 [Clause 14], after ‘followed’, insert ‘and whether any further
enforcement measures are to be taken in order to secure compliance with the Groceries
Code.’.




Ian Murray

Huw Irranca-Davies

32

Page 6, line 34 [Clause 15], leave out subsection (11).