Restrictive Practices (Amendment) Act, 1987

Amendment of section 5 of Principal Act.

12.—Section 5 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of subsection (1):

“(a) The Commission shall, on the recommendation of the Examiner or at the request of the Minister, and may, on the application by any person whose request for an enquiry has been refused by the Examiner or on their own initiative, cause an enquiry to be held—

(i) into the conditions which obtain in regard to the supply and distribution of any kind of goods or to one or more aspects of the supply and distribution of one or more kinds of goods,

(ii) into the conditions which obtain in regard to the provision of any service or to one or more aspectsof the provision of one or more kinds of service, or

(iii) into one or more aspects of the operation of an order under section 8.”.