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The Groceries Code Adjudication Bill

Groceries in a supermarket

 A Bill was introduced in Parliament on 10 May 2012 to introduce the new Groceries Code Adjudication.

The creation of a new Adjudicator is designed to strengthen protection for farmers and suppliers. It will ensure that large retailers treat them fairly by lawfully adhering to the Groceries Code. If a retailer is found to have breached the Groceries Code then the Adjudicator would have wide ranging powers to effect remedies such as:

  • Issuing recommendations to solve the dispute.
  • Naming and shaming the offenders by publishing information. 
  • Imposing fines (if the Secretary of State considers that the other solutions aren’t working and grants the Adjudicator this power).

Join the conversation on Twitter using #gcabill and follow the progress of the Bill at Parliament website: Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] 2012-13.

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