Australian Grain Industry Code of Practice - Pulse Australia

Part One — Preliminary
1.1 About the Code
The Australian Grain Industry Code (the Code) has been designed
to help set benchmarks and continually improve behaviour and
practices in the Australian grain industry.
The Code sets out principles and standards of behaviour that
underpin and promote best practice in the industry.
Although the Code primarily addresses the transactions and
processes relating to the buying and selling of grain, it also seeks
to actively encourage fair and transparent practices across the grain
supply chain.
The Code encourages industry participants to support an efficient
and competitive grain industry. The Code encompasses trade in
grain by parties within the grain supply chain – from growers to end
users and/or export in bulk vessels or in containers, but not including
consumers.
The Code also incorporates a fair and equitable dispute resolution
procedure.
Nature of the Code
The aim of the Code is to improve the transparency and clarity of
transactions relating to the buying and selling of grain.
The Code is intended to guide the conduct of industry participants,
but does not constitute a contract between them. The Code aims to
promote behaviour that is based on all parties undertaking to operate
in a fair and transparent manner in all commercial relationships
relating to the sale or purchase of grain between supply chain
participants.
The Australian Grain Industry Code of Conduct is a voluntary code.
The provisions of the Code are subject to all applicable
Commonwealth, State and Territory legislation and all rights
and obligations arising under common law.
Scope
The Code covers the grain industry supply chain and the commercial
relationships between suppliers and purchasers of grain at different
stages of production or distribution in the grain industry supply chain
– from farm gate to the Australian end user and/or grain export in
bulk vessels or in containers, but not including consumers.
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