Restrictive Trade Practices (Amendment) Act, 1959

Special review of order unde section 9 of the Princip Act.

6.—(1) The Commission may, on their own initiative, and shall, at the request of the Minister, hold a special review of the operation of an order under section 9 of the Principal Act.

(2) A special review may relate to the operation of an order as a whole or to particular aspects of the operation of an order.

(3) The Commission shall cause to be published in such manner as they think fit notice of their intention to hold a special review and shall give to any person desiring to make submissions in relation to the subject matter of the review an opportunity to do so; and the notice shall specify the time and manner in which submissions are to be made.

(4) Upon the publication of a notice by the Commission of their intention to hold a special review, any person may request the Commission to conduct the review by means of an enquiry under section 7 of the Principal Act as amended by section 2 of this Act.

(5) Where the Commission, having received a request under subsection (4) of this section, decide not to conduct a special review by means of an enquiry under the said section 7, they shall inform the person who made the request of the reasons for their decision.

(6) The Commission shall submit to the Minister a report of every special review and the report shall state whether any request was made to the Commission under subsection (4) of this section and, if so, give the reasons for their decision not to accede to the request.

(7) Where the Commission are of opinion that the Minister should amend the order which is the subject of a special review, they shall in their report of the review recommend accordingly and indicate the form of amending order they recommend.

(8) Where the Commission are of opinion that the Minister should revoke the order which is the subject of a special review, they shall in their report of the review recommend accordingly.