Horticulture Code of Conduct Services
This is an overview of the services we provide to the industry under the Oil Code of Conduct.
This is an overview of the services we provide to the industry under the Oil Code of Conduct.
A written Horticulture Produce Agreement (HPA) that complies with the requirements of the Horticulture Code of Conduct is mandatory and must be in place before a grower and trader can start trading
A wholesale supplier is a person who sells declared petroleum products such as unleaded petrol and diesel by wholesale from a wholesale facility such as an oil refinery, a shipping facility or a facility connected by a product transfer pipeline to an oil refinery or a shipping facility.
A customer under the Oilcode, is a person engaged in the business of retailing or wholesaling declared petroleum products or an associate of that person. It does not mean a member of the public purchasing fuel at a service station.
A retailer is a person who carries on the business of selling or supplying petroleum products to end users, or who is a retailer or participates as a retailer under a fuel re-selling agreement.
If you trade without an agreement, you will be in breach of the code and a civil penalty or an infringement notice may apply.
Under the horticulture code, a trader must ensure that their terms of trade are published and made publicly available, usually by posting on a website.
The terminal gate price (TGP) is the wholesale price of a declared petroleum product worked out on a 15˚ C temperature-corrected basis and expressed in cents per litre.