36Merchant must report to grower

36 Merchant must report to grower

(1) The merchant must give the grower a statement for the reporting period, specifying for the grower’s horticulture produce received by the merchant during the reporting period: (a) the quality and quantity of the produce bought by the merchant; and (b) the date or dates of the purchases; and (c) the price paid for the produce; and (d) if the price for the produce was determined by a method or formula specified in the horticulture produce agreement: (i) the gross sale price of the produce; and (ii) the details of any produce not sold; and (iii) the details of any produce destroyed, or to be destroyed, and the reason why the produce was, or is to be, destroyed; and (e) the date on which the produce was delivered to the merchant.

Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.

(2) The reporting period is the period specified in the horticulture produce agreement as the period for which the merchant must report to the grower. (3) The statement must be given within the statement period. (4) The statement period is the period specified in the horticulture produce agreement as the period in which a statement for a reporting period must be given.