# The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“fixed-duration contract” has the meaning given in regulation 5(2);
“fixed price” has the meaning given in regulation 7(2);
“internal democratic structure”, in relation to a business purchaser, means an organisational structure—
(a) which is established in the business purchaser’s constitution; and
(b) within which is a decision-making body—
(i) the membership of which includes a majority of individuals who are democratically elected by the producer members of the business purchaser; and
(ii) which has ultimate decision-making authority in relation to contracts for the purchase of milk;
“milk” means cow’s milk;
“milk constituent” means a substance contained in, or which can be extracted from, milk;
“milk purchase contract” means a contract made by a business purchaser for the purchase of milk from a producer;
“notice of intent” has the meaning given in regulation 23(2);
“producer” means a qualifying seller falling within section 29(3)(b)(i) of the Agriculture Act 2020;
“producer member” means a producer that has an ownership interest in the business purchaser in question;
“representative organisation” is—
(a) a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations recognised under Chapter 3 of Title 2 of Part 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products; or
(b) a pre-commencement society, within the meaning of section 150 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014, that does not carry out processing activities;
“the parties” in relation to a milk purchase contract, means the business purchaser and the producer who are party to the contract;
“variable price” has the meaning given in regulation 8(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348258417/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-dealing-obligations-milk-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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