{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989/schedule-8/part-I/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989/schedule-8/part-I/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2383",
  "legislation_title": "The Milk (Special Designation) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/milk-special-designation-regulations-1989",
  "path": "schedule/8/part/I/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where the issue referred to the tribunal is in respect of a producer’s licence—\n(a) the chairman shall be an independent person appointed by the Minister;\n(b) one member shall be—\n(i) in the case of a licence relating to milk produced in England, a person appointed by the Minister from a panel of persons nominated jointly by the Milk Marketing Board and the National Farmers' Union, and\n(ii) in the case of a licence relating to milk produced in Wales, a person appointed by the Minister from a panel of persons, each member of the panel being nominated either jointly by the Milk Marketing Board and the National Farmers' Union or jointly by the Milk Marketing Board and the Farmers' Union of Wales;\n(c) one member shall be a person appointed by the Minister as being representative of the consumers' interest.\n(2) Where the issue referred to the tribunal is in respect of a dealer’s licence or an untreated milk distributor’s licence—\n(a) the chairman shall be an independent person appointed by the Minister;\n(b) one member shall be a person appointed by the Minister as being representative of the milk distributive trade;\n(c) one member shall be a person appointed by the Minister as being representative of the consumers' interest.\n(3) Where the issue referred to the tribunal is in respect of a producer’s licence and there is outstanding a reference to a tribunal in respect of a dealer’s licence or an untreated milk distributor’s licence, or where the issue referred to the tribunal is in respect of a dealer’s licence or an untreated milk distributor’s licence and there is outstanding a reference to a tribunal in respect of a producer’s licence, and where both references relate to the same premises and the person or council affected is the same—\n(a) the chairman shall be an independent person appointed by the Minister;\n(b) one member shall be a person appointed by the Minister as being representative of producers and distributors of milk;\n(c) one member shall be a person appointed by the Minister as being representative of the consumer’s interest.\n(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1)(c), (2)(c), and (3)(c) of this paragraph, where the issue is in respect of a licence relating to premises in England, such appointment shall be made after consultation with the Secretary of State for Health.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2383/schedule/8/part/I/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:31:03.799102+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."
}