Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013

14 Annual report

(1) After the end of each reporting period the Adjudicator must prepare and publish a report describing what the Adjudicator has done during the period.

(2) The report must include a summary of—

(a) disputes referred to arbitration under the Groceries Supply Order;

(b) investigations carried out by the Adjudicator; and

(c) cases in which the Adjudicator has used the enforcement measures mentioned in section 6.

(3) If the Adjudicator has made recommendations under section 7, the report must include an assessment of whether they have been followed.

(4) The report must set out any recommendations that the Adjudicator has made to the Office of Fair Trading for changes to the Groceries Code.

(5) As well as publishing the report, the Adjudicator must send a copy to—

(a) the Secretary of State; and

(b) the Office of Fair Trading.

(6) The Secretary of State must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

(7) In this section “reporting period” means—

(a) the period beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force and ending with the following 31 March; and

(b) each successive period of 12 months.