Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023
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Number 19 of 2023 | ||
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN ACT 2023 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
The Regulator | ||
Establishment | ||
Functions | ||
Governance | ||
24. Members of regulator: disqualification, resignation and removal | ||
Proceedings | ||
Chief executive | ||
Attendance before committees | ||
Staff | ||
Planning and reporting | ||
Finance | ||
Information | ||
Membership of other bodies | ||
Unfair Trading Practices | ||
Scope and application | ||
Agricultural Unfair Trading Regulations | ||
58. Agri-Food Unfair Trading Regulations: prohibited payments | ||
59. Agri-Food Unfair Trading Regulations: changes of supply terms | ||
62. Agri-Food Unfair Trading Regulations: commercial malpractice | ||
63. Agri-Food Unfair Trading Regulations: compliance requirements | ||
65. Agri-Food Unfair Trading Regulations: ancillary provisions | ||
Enforcement relating to unfair trading practices | ||
Enforcement | ||
Authorised officers | ||
Powers of authorised officers | ||
Enforcement and supplementary regulations | ||
80. Enforcement and supplementary regulations, offences and penalties | ||
Criminal proceedings | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005 | ||
Carer’s Leave Act 2001 (No. 19) | ||
Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005 | ||
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38) | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8) | ||
European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27) | ||
European Communities Act 2007 (No. 18) | ||
Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict., c. 39) | ||
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37) | ||
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 | ||
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005 | ||
Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35) | ||
Parental Leave Acts 1998 to 2019 | ||
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11) | ||
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (14 & 15 Vict., c.93) | ||
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2022 | ||
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014 | ||
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015 | ||
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Number 19 of 2023 | ||
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN ACT 2023 | ||
An Act to give further effect to Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 20191 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain; to establish a body to be known as An Rialálaí Agraibhia and to define its functions (including price and market analysis and reporting, and enforcement); to prohibit unfair trading practices in business‑to‑ business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain; to confer on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the power to make regulations about unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply sector and connected matters (including enforcement); and to provide for related matters. | ||
[11thJuly, 2023] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||
