Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01651:reg:12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01651
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 12
Character Range: 16990–18219

12  Purposes of Code
  The purposes of this Code are:
 (a) to regulate standards of business conduct in the grocery supply chain in order to build and sustain trust and cooperation throughout that chain; and
 (b) to ensure transparency and certainty in commercial transactions in the grocery supply chain and to minimise disputes arising from a lack of certainty in respect of the commercial terms agreed between parties; and
 (c) to provide an effective, fair and equitable dispute resolution process for raising and investigating complaints and resolving disputes arising between large grocery businesses and suppliers; and
 (d) to promote and support good faith in commercial dealings between large grocery businesses and suppliers; and
 (e) to encourage suppliers to exercise their rights under this Code, including by:
 (i) making reasonable requests of large grocery businesses; and
 (ii) referring legitimate complaints against large grocery businesses; and
 (iii) seeking resolution of disputes with large grocery businesses; and
 (f) to protect suppliers from retribution from large grocery businesses; and
 (g) to provide for senior management oversight of large grocery businesses' interactions with their suppliers.