Section 14 Annual reportI1

(1)

After the end of each reporting period the Adjudicator must prepare and publish a report describing what the Adjudicator has done during the period.

(2)

The report must include a summary of—

(a)

disputes referred to arbitration under the Groceries Supply Order;

(b)

investigations carried out by the Adjudicator; and

(c)

cases in which the Adjudicator has used the enforcement measures mentioned in section 6.

(3)

If the Adjudicator has made recommendations under section 7, the report must include an assessment of whether they have been followed.

(4)

The report must set out any recommendations that the Adjudicator has made to the F1Competition and Markets Authority for changes to the Groceries Code.

(5)

As well as publishing the report, the Adjudicator must send a copy to—

(a)

the Secretary of State; and

(b)

the F2Competition and Markets Authority.

(6)

The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

(7)

In this section “reporting period” means—

(a)

the period beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force and ending with the following 31 March; and

(b)

each successive period of 12 months.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 14(4) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 206 (with art. 3)
F2: Words in s. 14(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 206 (with art. 3)

Commencement

I1: S. 14 in force at 25.6.2013 by S.I. 2013/1236, art. 2