15Published standard forms must be genuine

15 Published standard forms must be genuine

(1) A processor contravenes this subsection if: (a) the processor publishes on the processor’s website (whether or not as required by section 12): (i) a standard form of a milk supply agreement; and (ii) a statement that the processor would enter into a milk supply agreement in that form in specified circumstances; and (b) while the standard form remains on the website, a farmer offers to enter into a milk supply agreement with the processor in that form; and (c) the specified circumstances exist; and (d) the processor refuses to enter into a milk supply agreement with the farmer in that form.

Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.

(2) To avoid doubt, this Subdivision does not prevent a processor from entering into a milk supply agreement that is not in a standard form published on the processor’s website.