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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-2020/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-2020/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/21",
  "legislation_title": "Agriculture Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agriculture-act-2020",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Recognised organisations: competition exemptions and further provision",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 2 amends Schedule 3 to the Competition Act 1998 (general exclusions) so as to exclude certain agreements between members of recognised organisations from the Chapter 1 prohibition.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about recognised organisations.\n(3) The type of provision that may be made in the regulations includes—\n(a) ongoing requirements with which a recognised organisation must comply;\n(b) provision about the monitoring and enforcement of those requirements.\n(4) Provision made by virtue of subsection (3) may (among other things) include provision—\n(a) about the provision of information;\n(b) about the keeping of records;\n(c) about the suspension or withdrawal of recognition;\n(d) about appeals;\n(e) conferring functions (including functions involving the exercise of a discretion) on a person.\n(5) The regulations may also include provision about the extent to which, and the circumstances in which, recognised organisations may delegate certain functions, which may include a procedure requiring that an organisation request permission from the Secretary of State.\n(6) In this section, “recognised organisation” means—\n(a) a recognised producer organisation,\n(b) a recognised association of producer organisations, or\n(c) a recognised interbranch organisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/21/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:00:34.562379+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}