2000_039_000-Ove-v20001213

Competition Second Amendment Act, No. 39 of 2000

Long title

To amend the Competition Act, 1998, so as to define certain expressions, to amend certain definitions and to delete a definition; to further regulate the prohibition of restrictive horizontal practices; to allow for more frequent determination of the thresholds for the application of the said Act; to further regulate certain exemptions; to make fresh provision for merger control; to further regulate the functions of the Competition Tribunal; to provide expressly that the Commissioner is the accounting authority of the Competition Commission for purposes of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999; to further regulate investigation and adjudication procedures and enforcement of decisions, judgments and orders of the Competition Commission, Competition Tribunal and Competition Appeal Court; to regulate the relationship between the Competition Commission and other agencies and to provide for concurrent jurisdiction; and to effect certain consequential amendments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Table of contents

SECTION	TITLE
1.	Amendment of section 1 of Act 89 of 1998
2.	Amendment of section 3 of Act 89 of 1998
3.	Amendment of section 4 of Act 89 of 1998
4.	Substitution of section 6 of Act 89 of 1998
5.	Substitution of section 10 of Act 89 of 1998
6.	Substitution of Chapter 3 of Act 89 of 1998
7.	Amendment of section 19 of Act 89 of 1998
8.	Amendment of section 21 of Act 89 of 1998
9.	Amendment of section 24 of Act 89 of 1998
10.	Amendment of section 26 of Act 89 of 1998
11.	Substitution of section 27 of Act 89 of 1998
12.	Amendment of section 31 of Act 89 of 1998
13.	Amendment of section 40 of Act 89 of 1998
14.	Amendment of section 41 of Act 89 of 1998
15.	Substitution of Chapters 5 and 6 of Act 89 of 1998
16.	Amendment of section 71 of Act 89 of 1998
17.	Amendment of section 72 of Act 89 of 1998
18.	Amendment of section 73 of Act 89 of 1998
19.	Repeal of section 76 of Act 89 of 1998
20.	Substitution of section 82 of Act 89 of 1998
21.	Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act 89 of 1998
22.	Amendment of Preamble to Act 89 of 1998
23.	Transitional provisions
24.	Short title and commencement

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