Prices Regulations 2014 (SA)

South Australia

Prices Regulations 2014

under the Prices Act 1948

Contents

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Interpretation

4            Prohibition on compensation to retailer for unsold bread

5            Prohibition on return of unsold bread

Schedule 1—Revocation of Prices Regulations 2001

Legislative history

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Prices Regulations 2014.

2—Commencement

These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.

3—Interpretation

In these regulations—

bread means a food product in the form of a loaf, roll, bun or other piece made by baking leavened dough prepared from flour, water and yeast or other leavening agent, with or without other ingredients.

4—Prohibition on compensation to retailer for unsold bread

(1)A person must not—

(a)enter into a transaction to which this regulation applies; or

(b)do anything pursuant to a transaction to which this regulation applies (whether entered into before or after the commencement of this regulation).

Maximum penalty: $750.

(2)This regulation applies to a transaction involving an agreement, arrangement or understanding under which a person—

(a)is to supply bread for sale by retail; or

(b)is to purchase bread for sale by retail,

and financial relief or compensation is to be directly or indirectly given or received in respect of any bread that, having been supplied for sale by retail, is not sold by retail.

5—Prohibition on return of unsold bread

(1)Subject to subregulation (2), if bread supplied for sale by retail is not sold by retail—

(a)the supplier of the bread must not take back the bread or cause, suffer or permit another to take back the bread on the supplier's behalf; and

(b)the retailer of the bread must not return the bread to the supplier or cause, suffer or permit the bread to be returned to the supplier or to be delivered to another on the supplier's behalf,

whether or not financial relief or compensation is directly or indirectly given or received in respect of that bread.

Maximum penalty: $750.

(2)Subregulation (1) does not apply if the bread is returned because it does not conform to the type or quality for which the retailer contracted with the supplier.

Schedule 1—Revocation of Prices Regulations 2001

The Prices Regulations 2001 are revoked.

Legislative history

Notes

•For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or regulations

Year	No	Reference	Commencement
2014	203	Gazette 17.7.2014 p3253	17.7.2014: r 2