Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00037:reg:56
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00037
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 56
Character Range: 58353–60665

56  Report on disputes
 (1) For the purposes of this section:
 (a) the first reporting period is the period beginning on 1 January 2020 and ending on 30 April 2020; and
 (b) a later reporting period is a period of 12 months beginning on 1 May in a year.
 (2) A processor who is a party to a milk supply agreement must prepare a report for the first reporting period, and each later reporting period, stating the following:
 (a) the number of disputes arising under or in connection with the agreement that were the subject of a mediation that commenced or ended in the reporting period;
 (b) information about the nature of the disputes referred to in paragraph (a);
 (c) the number of mediations conducted in the reporting period to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph (a) and the average time taken to resolve the disputes;
 (d) information about the outcome of the disputes referred to in paragraph (a);
 (e) the number of disputes arising under or in connection with the agreement that were the subject of an arbitration that commenced or ended in the reporting period;
 (f) information about the nature of the disputes referred to in paragraph (e);
 (g) the number of arbitrations conducted in the reporting period to resolve the disputes referred to in paragraph (e) and the average time taken to resolve the disputes;
 (h) information about the outcome of the disputes referred to in paragraph (e).
 (3) The report must not:
 (a) name, or otherwise specifically identify, a farmer or any other person (other than the processor) who was involved in the disputes covered by the report; or
 (b) include any other information that would be in contravention of section 54.
 (4) The processor must publish the report on the processor's website before 2 pm (by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory) on 1 June immediately after the end of the relevant reporting period.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
 (5) If the processor is required to publish a report under subsection (4) before 2 pm on a day in a financial year, the processor must not, after that 2 pm and before the end of the next financial year, vary the report or remove it from the processor's website.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.

Part 3—Application and transitional provisions

Division 1—Application of this instrument