{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-dealing-obligations-milk-regulations-2024/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-dealing-obligations-milk-regulations-2024/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348258417",
  "legislation_title": "The Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-fair-dealing-obligations-milk-regulations-2024",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Duration of milk purchase contract",
  "text": "(1) A milk purchase contract must be—\n(a) a fixed-duration contract; or\n(b) an evergreen contract.\n(2) A “fixed-duration contract” is a milk purchase contract that will terminate—\n(a) on the expiry of a specific period; or\n(b) on a specified date.\n(3) An “evergreen contract” is a milk purchase contract that will continue until one of the parties terminates it.\n(4) The milk purchase contract must state whether it is a fixed-duration contract or an evergreen contract.\n(5) A milk purchase contract must specify the date on which the obligation to supply milk commences, if this is different from the date on which it is signed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348258417/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:25.636642+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."
}