Closed consultation

Groceries Code Adjudicator: statutory review, 2019 to 2022

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 19 July 2022

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Summary

We're seeking views and evidence which will allow the government to assess the performance of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) against the measures set out in the Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013.

This consultation ran from
9:45am on 19 July 2022 to 11:45pm on 11 October 2022

Consultation description

The Groceries Code Adjudicator Act 2013 requires the government to review periodically the performance of the GCA. This statutory review covers the period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2022.

The Act specifies the issues which the Review must address:

• how the GCA’s powers have been exercised
• how effective the GCA has been in enforcing the Code
• whether to amend or replace the Groceries Code Adjudicator (Permitted Maximum Financial Penalty) Order 2015
• whether to make an Order setting out the information that the GCA may consider when deciding whether to investigate

The Act specifies who must be consulted as part of the Review:

• GCA
• Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)
• retailers subject to the Code
• one or more persons representing the interest of suppliers
• one or more persons representing the interests of consumers
• any other appropriate person (we have not identified any specific person or persons here and welcome contributions from any interested person)

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Documents

Groceries Code Adjudicator: statutory review, 2019 to 2022

PDF, 302 KB, 25 pages

Published 19 July 2022