Competition (Amendment) Act, 1996

Amendment of section 6 of Principal Act.

6.—Section 6 (7) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after “has been concluded” of “; in respect of such an agreement, decision or concerted practice that has been so notified, no relief may be granted under this section in respect of the period beginning on the commencement of section 4 and ending on the date that the Authority makes a decision as aforesaid or, as the case may be, an appeal as aforesaid is concluded”, and the said subsection (7), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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(7) This section shall not apply to any agreement, decision or concerted practice to which section 7 (2) applies which has been duly notified to the Authority until the Authority has decided to grant or refuse to grant a licence under section 4 (2), or to issue a certificate or not to issue a certificate under section 4 (4), in relation thereto and any appeal to the Court under section 9 in relation to the licence or the certificate has been concluded; in respect of such an agreement, decision or concerted practice that has been so notified, no relief may be granted under this section in respect of the period beginning on the commencement of section 4 and ending on the date that the Authority makes a decision as aforesaid or, as the case may be, an appeal as aforesaid is concluded.