Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 (No. 19 of 2023).

The provisions of this Act apply in relation to agricultural and food products. In this Act “agricultural and food products” means: products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, other products processed for use as food using products listed in that Annex, and any other product (which may, in particular, include non-food items used in processing, packaging or other operations) specified by the Minister by regulations under section 80 (2)(f). Part 2 provides for the establishment and discipline of the Regulator; it clarifies the functions (e.g. promote fairness and transparency in the agricultural and food supply chain, publish information and ensure engagement, responsible for enhancing understanding of and compliance with agri-food unfair trading law, enforcing agri-food unfair trading law), governance and proceedings, planning and reporting duties, etc.
Part 3 makes provision for the prohibition of certain unfair trading practices, and for the enforcement of those prohibitions (including provision for the exercise by the regulator of its enforcement functions). To deal with agricultural unfair trading the Minister may make regulations about business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (which may, in particular, include provision prohibiting specified practices); regulations can be related to prohibited payments, changes of supply terms, contracts, supply conditions, etd. Part 4 is enforcement.