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Advisory Report on Competition and Consumer Amendment (Horticultural Code of Conduct) Bill 2011 and Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011

19 March 2012

© Commonwealth of Australia 2012
ISBN 978-0-642-79648-6 (Printed version)
ISBN 978-0-642-79649-3 (HTML version)

View the report as a single document - (PDF 560KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:


Preliminary Pages	(PDF 91KB)

Chapter 1 Introduction	(PDF 52KB)
Reference of the Bills to the Committee Objectives of the Bills Inquiry Process

Chapter 2 Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011	(PDF 159KB)
Overview Key provisions of the Constitutional Corporations (Farm Gate to Plate) Bill 2011 Background to the Bill Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s 2008 grocery prices inquiry Senate Economics Legislation Committee inquiry Issues raised during this inquiry Identification of the ‘farm gate’ price Display of the ‘farm gate’ price Impacts on suppliers and retailers Committee comment

Chapter 3 Competition and Consumer Amendment (Horticulture Code of Conduct) Bill 2011	(PDF 147KB)
Overview Key provisions of the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Horticulture Code of Conduct) Bill 2011 Terms of trade and ‘intent to dispatch produce’ notification Agent relationships Merchant relationships Dispute resolution Background to the Bill New proposals since 2006 The 2006 HCOC and the Bill Issues raised during the inquiry Transparency and accountability Complexity and costs Status of existing agreements and contracts Administration and oversight Committee comment

Appendix – Submissions	(PDF 32KB)

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