31Policies and procedures to protect against retribution

31 Policies and procedures to protect against retribution

A large grocery business must have written policies and procedures to: (a) review the commercial decisions made by a buying team or category manager in relation to a supplier that: (i) exercised, or indicated that it will or may exercise; or (ii) was, or may have been, able to exercise; a right under this Code against the large grocery business; and (b) ensure that those decisions are not retribution against the supplier.

Civil penalty:

(a) for a contravention by a body corporate—the amount under section 14A; or
(b) for a contravention by a person who is not a body corporate—$500,000.