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Commerce Act 1986

Competition studies

50: Commission may carry out competition study

You could also call this:

"The Commission can study how competition is working to help the public."

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The Commission can do a study to see how well competition is working if they think it is a good idea for the public. You can find out about this study because the Commission must put a notice in the Gazette. The notice tells you what the study is about and when the final report will be ready for you to see.

The Commission must make a copy of the notice available to the public. They can change the notice, but they have to follow the same steps as before. If they want to cancel the notice, they can do this by putting another notice in the Gazette.

You can learn more about how the Commission makes decisions by looking at the Commerce Amendment Act 2018, which is a law that helps the Commission do its job.

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Part 3ACompetition studies

50Commission may carry out competition study

  1. The Commission may carry out a competition study if the Commission considers it to be in the public interest to do so.

  2. Before carrying out a competition study, the Commission must, by notice in the Gazette,—

  3. prescribe the terms of reference for the study; and
    1. specify the date by which the Commission will make the final competition report for the study publicly available.

      1. A copy of the notice must be made publicly available.

      2. The Commission may amend the notice in the manner set out in subsections (1) to (3).

      3. The Commission may revoke the notice by further notice in the Gazette.

      Notes
      • Section 50: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 42).