Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Sugar) Regulations 2017 (Cth)

Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Sugar) Regulations 2017

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret'd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 04 April 2017

Peter Cosgrove Governor‑General

By His Excellency's Command

Scott Morrison Treasurer

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Code of conduct 5 Authorisation of certain conduct 6 High Court's jurisdiction unaffected 7 Review of Code Schedule 1—Sugar Code of Conduct Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name of code 2 Purposes of code 3 Definitions Part 2—Obligation to act in good faith 4 Application of this Part 5 Obligation to act in good faith Part 3—Supply contracts Division 1—Entering into supply contracts 6 Application of this Division 7 Requirement for supply contracts 8 Individual contracts 9 Collective contracts 10 Terms of supply contract about sale of on‑supply sugar Division 2—Arbitration of disputed terms of intended supply contracts 11 Application of this Division 12 Arbitration of disputed terms of intended supply contract Part 4—Arbitration of terms of intended on‑supply agreements 13 Application of this Part 14 Appointment of an independent arbitrator 15 Determining a term in dispute 16 Conduct of the arbitration 17 On‑supply agreement taken to have been made 18 Terminating the arbitration 19 Costs of the arbitration

1 Name This instrument is the Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Sugar) Regulations 2017.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered. 5 April 2017