Agriculture Act 2020 (c. 21)

PART 3 U.K. Transparency and fairness in the agri-food supply chain

CHAPTER 1 E+W Collection and sharing of data

26 Requirements under section 23(1): duty to publish draft requirement E+W

(1) Before a particular requirement is imposed under section 23(1), the Secretary of State must have—

(a) published—

(i) a draft of the requirement,

(ii) a description of the persons on whom it is proposed that the requirement may be imposed, and

(iii) the deadline for making comments on the draft, which must not be earlier than 4 weeks after the date of publication, and

(b) decided, in the light of comments received before the deadline (and any other relevant matters), whether the requirement should be imposed in the terms of the draft or in revised terms.

(2) A requirement in the decided form may be imposed on a person at any times after the decision when the person is within the published description.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 26 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 11.1.2021, see s. 57(1)(b)(c)(6)