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Commerce Act 1986

Miscellaneous provisions - Offences, regulations, and administrative provisions

107: Cartel prosecutors panel

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"Team of lawyers to help with court cases about unfair business practices"

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The Solicitor-General must choose a group of lawyers, called the cartel prosecutors panel, to help with prosecutions under section 82B. You can think of the Solicitor-General as a high-ranking lawyer who makes important decisions. The Solicitor-General must talk to the chairperson before choosing the panel.

The panel will have lawyers that the Solicitor-General thinks are suitable for the job. Only the lawyers on this panel can take cases to court under section 82B on behalf of the government.

When this law talks about a lawyer, it means someone who is defined as a lawyer in section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions
Offences, regulations, and administrative provisions

107Cartel prosecutors panel

  1. The Solicitor-General must appoint a cartel prosecutors panel for the purpose of enabling prosecutions under section 82B to be taken speedily.

  2. The Solicitor-General must consult with the chairperson before appointing the panel.

  3. The panel must consist of those lawyers that the Solicitor-General considers appropriate.

  4. Only members of the panel may conduct prosecutions under section 82B on behalf of the Crown.

  5. In this section, lawyer has the meaning given in section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006.

Notes
  • Section 107: inserted, on , by section 12 of the Commerce (Criminalisation of Cartels) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 9).