- Latest available (Revised)
- Original (As enacted)
Agriculture Act 2020, Paragraph 11 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 August 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. Changes and effects are recorded by our editorial team in lists which can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. Where those effects have yet to be applied to the text of the legislation by the editorial team they are also listed alongside the legislation in the affected provisions. Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
11(1)This paragraph has effect for the purposes of this Part.N.I.
(2)An “agri-food supply chain” is a supply chain for providing individuals with items of food or drink for personal consumption where the items consist of or include, or have been produced using (directly or indirectly, and whether or not exclusively), the whole or part of—
(a)anything grown or otherwise produced in carrying on agriculture,
(b)any creature kept in carrying on agriculture, or
(c)any creature or other thing taken from the wild.
(3)The persons in an agri-food supply chain are—
(a)those individuals (“the ultimate consumers”),
(b)the persons carrying on the agriculture or (as the case may be) taking things from the wild, and
(c)anybody in the supply chain between those persons and the ultimate consumers.
(4)The persons “closely connected” with an agri-food supply chain are—
(a)anybody supplying seeds, stock, equipment, feed, fertiliser, pesticides, medicines or similar items to the persons within sub-paragraph (3)(b) for use in the agriculture or taking,
(b)anybody providing, to persons within sub-paragraph (3)(b) or (c), services related to—
(i)the health of creatures, or plants, involved in the supply chain, or
(ii)the safety or quality of the food or drink to be provided to the ultimate consumers,
(c)any person carrying on activities capable of affecting a matter mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) of paragraph (b), and
(d)bodies representing persons within any of paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub-paragraph (3) and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this sub-paragraph.
(5)Activities of the kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(c) are to be treated for the purposes of paragraph 10(1) and (2) as connected with the supply chain, but this is not to be read as limiting the generality of “connected” in paragraph 10(1) and (2).
(6)In this paragraph—
“agriculture” includes any growing of plants, and any keeping of creatures, for the production of food or drink;
“plants” includes fungi;
“seeds” includes bulbs and other things from which plants grow.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 11 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 11.1.2021, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6)
The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area.
Original (As Enacted or Made): The original version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Text created by the government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes were introduced in 1999 and accompany all Public Acts except Appropriation, Consolidated Fund, Finance and Consolidation Acts.
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including: