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Commerce Act 1986

6B: Crown and Crown corporations not immune from jurisdiction in relation to certain provisions of Competition and Consumer Act 2010

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"The Government and its companies must follow certain consumer rules and can be taken to court if they don't."

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The Crown and companies owned by the Crown in New Zealand cannot claim they are exempt from the courts' authority when it comes to breaking certain rules in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. This means the courts in New Zealand and Australia can still make decisions about the Crown and its companies if they break these rules. You can find more information about these rules in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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"Special rules to help with changes to the Commerce Act 1986"

6BCrown and Crown corporations not immune from jurisdiction in relation to certain provisions of Competition and Consumer Act 2010

  1. Neither the Crown nor a body corporate that is an instrument of the Crown in respect of the Government of New Zealand is immune, and neither the Crown nor such a body corporate may claim immunity, from the jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand and Australia in relation to a contravention of section 46A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia and in relation to Parts VI and XII of that Act in so far as they relate to a contravention of that section.

Notes
  • Section 6B: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Commerce Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 41).
  • Section 6B heading: amended, on , by section 32(2)(c) of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 40).
  • Section 6B: amended, on , by section 32(2)(c) of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 40).