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Commerce Act 1986

The Commerce Commission

8: Establishment of Commission

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"A team called the Commerce Commission helps keep businesses fair in New Zealand."

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The Commerce Commission is a group that has been set up. You can think of it like a team that helps make sure businesses in New Zealand are fair and follow the rules. The Commission must work independently, which means it makes its own decisions without being told what to do by others. It gets its jobs and powers from laws like the Commerce Act and other laws that say what the Commission can do, except for the Crown Entities Act 2004.

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Part 1The Commerce Commission

8Establishment of Commission

  1. There is hereby established a commission to be called the Commerce Commission.

  2. Except as expressly provided otherwise in this or any other Act, the Commission must act independently in performing its statutory functions and duties, and exercising its statutory powers, under—

  3. this Act; and
    1. any other Act that expressly provides for the functions, powers, or duties of the Commission (other than the Crown Entities Act 2004).

      1. Repealed

      2. Repealed
      Notes
      • Section 8(2): substituted, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 8(3): repealed, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 8(4): repealed, on , by section 7 of the Commerce Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 41).