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Retail Payment System Act 2022

Merchant surcharging, monitoring and enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions - Provisions of Commerce Act 1986 of general application

36: Monitoring and investigation powers of Commission

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"The Commission's power to check and investigate things"

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The Commission has some powers to help them monitor and investigate things. They can use some rules from the Commerce Act 1986 to do this. You can read about these rules in section 98, sections 98A and 98G, section 99, section 100, and section 106. The Commission can ask you for information or documents, and you might have to give evidence. They can also search for and take things, and stop people from sharing certain information.

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Part 3Merchant surcharging, monitoring and enforcement, and miscellaneous provisions
Provisions of Commerce Act 1986 of general application

36Monitoring and investigation powers of Commission

  1. The following provisions of the Commerce Act 1986 apply with any necessary modifications:

  2. section 98 (Commission may require person to supply information or documents or give evidence):
    1. sections 98A and 98G (Commission’s powers of search and seizure):
      1. section 99 (powers of Commission to take evidence):
        1. section 100 (powers of Commission to prohibit disclosure of information, documents, and evidence):
          1. section 106 (proceedings privileged).