Competition Commission Act 2010

This Act may be cited as the Competition Commission

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“member” means the Chairman and any member of the

Commission appointed under section 5;

“committee” means a committee established by the Commission under section 14;

“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission appointed under section 20;

“Fund” means the Competition Commission Fund established under section 27;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for matters concerning domestic trade and consumer affairs;

“Commission officer” means a person appointed or authorized by the Chief Executive Officer in writing under the competition laws for the purpose of carrying out investigation of any offence or infringement of the competition laws;

“employee” means any person employed by the Commission under section 22 and includes the Chief Executive Officer;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Commission appointed under section 5;

“Commission” means the Competition Commission established under section 3;

“competition laws” means this Act and the Competition Act 2010

[Act 712] and includes any subsidiary legislation made under these laws.