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Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 No 40, Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
2017 No 40
6 New section 6C inserted
7 Section 29 repealed
8 New heading and sections 30 to 33 substituted
30C Cartel provisions generally unenforceable
31 Exception for collaborative activity
32 Exception for vertical supply contracts
33 Exception for joint buying and promotion agreements
10 New sections 44A and 44B inserted
11 New sections 47A to 47D inserted
12 Effect of authorisation
13 When Commission may grant authorisation
14 Procedure for applications for authorisation of restrictive trade practices
15 Determination of applications for authorisation of restrictive trade practices
16 Commission to prepare draft determination in relation to restrictive trade practices
17 New sections 65A to 65D inserted
18 Commission may give clearances for business acquisitions
19 Effect of clearance or authorisation
20 Lay members of High Court in certain cases
21 Relationship between pecuniary penalties and criminal liability
22 Pecuniary penalties
23 New section 80A substituted
24 Court may order certain persons to be excluded from management of body corporate
25 Pecuniary penalties
26 Actions for damages for contravention of Part 3
27 New section 90 substituted
28 Persons entitled to appeal
29 Commission may require person to supply information or documents or give evidence
32 Consequential and minor amendments to principal Act
33 Amendments to Shipping Act 1987
34 Consequential amendment to principal Act as result of amendments to Shipping Act 1987
35 Consequential amendment to Civil Aviation Act 1990
36 New Schedule 1AA inserted
This Act is the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017.
However, the following sections (which relate to the insertion into the principal Act of new sections relating to international shipping and the repeal of parts of the Shipping Act 1987) come into force on the day that is 2 years after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent:
sections 9 and 10:
collaborative activity has the meaning given in section 31(4)
However, nothing in subsection (1) affects the enforceability of a cartel provision in any contract to which section 31, 32, 33, 44A(4) and (5), or 44B applies.
Nothing in section 30(a) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision if, at the time of entering into or arriving at the contract, arrangement, or understanding that contains the provision,—
Nothing in section 30(b) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision if, at the time of giving effect to the cartel provision,—
Nothing in section 30(b) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision that constitutes a restraint of trade if—
The purpose referred to in subsection (4)﻿(b) may be inferred from the conduct of any relevant person or from any other relevant circumstance.
Nothing in section 30 applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision in a contract, if—
relates to the supply or likely supply of the goods or services to the customer or likely customer, including to the maximum price at which the customer or likely customer may resupply the goods or services; and
A provision in a contract, arrangement, or understanding does not have the purpose, effect, or likely effect of price fixing if the provision—
Nothing in section 30(a) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision that has the effect, or likely effect, of restricting output or market allocating if, at the time of entering into or arriving at the contract, arrangement, or understanding that contains the provision, the circumstances in subsection (6) apply.
Nothing in section 30(b) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision that has the effect, or likely effect, of restricting output or market allocating if, at the time of giving effect to the provision, the circumstances in subsection (6) apply.
Nothing in section 30(a) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision that has the effect, or likely effect, of price fixing if, at the time of entering into or arriving at the contract, arrangement, or understanding that contains the provision, the circumstances in subsection (3) apply.
Nothing in section 30(b) applies to a person in relation to a cartel provision that has the effect, or likely effect, of price fixing if, at the time of giving effect to the provision, the circumstances in subsection (3) apply.
the Commission has given a clearance, or granted an authorisation, under Part 5 in respect of the acquisition (see section 69).
If the High Court makes a declaration under section 47A in relation to an overseas person, it may make an order under this section requiring any New Zealand body corporate in which the person has a controlling interest to—
Contravention of an order made under this section is a contravention of this section.
revoke a declaration:
Section 58A(1) is amended by omitting all the words before paragraph (a) and substituting “While an authorisation under section 58(1) remains in force, nothing in section 27, 30, or 30C prevents an applicant from— ” .
Section 58A(2) is amended by omitting all the words before paragraph (a) and substituting “While an authorisation under section 58(2) remains in force, nothing in section 27, 30, or 30C prevents an applicant from— ” .
section 30C(1) does not apply to any cartel provision in the contract, arrangement, or understanding.
In proceedings relating to a contravention of section 30, if the defendant claims that an exception in section 31, 32, or 33 applies, it is for the defendant to prove, on the balance of probabilities, that the relevant exception applies.
A person who contravenes subsection (1), (2), or (3) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to,—
The principal Act is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
the amendments in Part 1 of Schedule 1 are consequential on the amendments made in Part 1 of this Act; and
the amendments made in Part 2 of Schedule 1 adjust wording in sections that are otherwise not amended by this Act, in order to align the wording with that used in sections that are amended; and
the amendments made in Part 3 of Schedule 1 update references to the Trade Practices Act 1974, an Act of the Commonwealth of Australia, because the name of that Act is now the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; and
Subsection (7)﻿(c): omit “interconnected— ” and substitute “interconnected,— ” .
Omit “section 37(3)﻿(d) or (e)— ” and substitute “ section 37(3)﻿(d) or (e),— ” .
In section 65(1)﻿(c), omit “with— ” and substitute “with,— ” .
Omit “following— ” and substitute “following:” .
Omit “section 91— ” and substitute “section 91:” .
Part 1 Provisions relating to Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017
In this Part, Amendment Act 2017 means the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017.
a reference to section 30, section 58A, section 65A, or section 80A (or a provision of that section) is a reference to that section (or provision) as amended, inserted, or substituted by the Amendment Act 2017 (subject to paragraph (b)); and
Section 30(a) (which relates to entering into a contract or an arrangement, or arriving at an understanding, that contains a cartel provision) applies only to contracts, arrangements, or understandings that are entered into or arrived at after section 30 comes into force.
Section 30(b) (which relates to giving effect to a cartel provision in a contract, arrangement, or understanding) applies only to conduct occurring after section 30 comes into force, but applies whether the contract, arrangement, or understanding is entered into or arrived at before or after section 30 comes into force, and whether or not the contract, arrangement, or understanding has been suspended at any time.
Despite subclause (2), no proceedings under section 80, 80B, 80C, 81, or 82 may be commenced for a contravention of section 30(b) or 80A occurring during the transitional period.
Former sections 30 to 33, 80, 80A, and 80C continue to have effect as if those sections had not been repealed or amended by the Amendment Act 2017, and section 89 continues to apply, for the purpose of—
Section 58A(1) and (2) applies to an authorisation that is given either before or after section 12 of the Amendment Act 2017 comes into force.
At any time before section 33 of the Amendment Act 2017 comes into force, any carrier (as defined in section 2 of the Shipping Act 1987) who is a party to the contract, arrangement, or understanding may apply to the Commission for the following:
This clause is repealed at the close of the day immediately before section 33 of the Amendment Act 2017 comes into force.
This clause applies to an offence committed under, or a contravention of, any provision of this Act repealed or amended by the Amendment Act 2017 before the commencement of the provision that repealed or amended that provision.
The provisions repealed or amended by the Amendment Act 2017 continue to have effect as if they had not been repealed or amended for the purpose of—