By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a contract and/or an offer for a contract shall not be required where raw milk is delivered by a farmer to a co-operative of which the farmer is a member if the statutes of that cooperative or the rules and decisions provided for in or derived from these statutes contain provisions having similar effects to the provisions set out in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2.
De mhaolú ar mhír 1, ní bheidh gá le conradh, agus/nó tairiscint i dtaca le conradh i gcás ina seachadfaidh feirmeoir bainne amh ar chomharchumann a bhfuil an feirmeoir ina chomhalta de más rud go bhfuil, i reachtanna an chomharchumainn sin, nó sna rialacha agus sna cinntí dá bhforáiltear sna reachtanna sin nó a chineann ó na reachtanna sin, forálacha a bhfuil éifeachtaí acu atá comhchosúil leis na forálacha sin atá leagtha amach i bpointe (a), i bpointe (b) agus i bpointe (c) de mhír 2.