{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-1997/schedule-3/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/733",
  "legislation_title": "The Dairy Produce Quotas Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dairy-produce-quotas-regulations-1997",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Appointment and remuneration of arbiter",
  "text": "(1) In any case where the apportionment is to be carried out by arbitration, an arbiter shall be appointed by agreement between the transferor and transferee within the period of 28 days referred to in regulation 7(1)(a) (referred to in this paragraph as “the relevant period”) and the transferee shall give notice of the appointment of the arbiter to the Minister within fourteen days from the date of the appointment.\n(2) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1), the transferor or the transferee may at any time within the relevant period make an application to the Minister for the appointment of an arbiter.\n(3) If at the expiry of the relevant period an arbiter has not been appointed by agreement between the transferor and the transferee nor an application made to the Minister under sub-paragraph (2), the Minister shall at his own instance proceed to appoint an arbiter.\n(4) Where an apportionment under regulation 32(5) is to be carried out by arbitration, the producer shall either appoint an arbiter with the agreement of all persons with an interest in the holding or make an application to the Minister for the appointment of an arbiter.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/733/schedule/3/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:44.855271+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."
}