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Orders relating to restrictive practices.
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9.—(1) The Minister, having considered a report of the Commission under section 6 or 7, may, if he so thinks proper, after consultation with any other Minister concerned, by order do, in relation to goods to which the report relates, or any class or classes of such goods, all or any of the following:—
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(a) prohibit specified arrangements or agreements;
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(b) prohibit the withholding from any specified class of persons of supplies of goods or of services rendered in the course of carrying on any trade or business and affecting the supply or distribution of such goods;
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(c) prohibit the giving of specified preferences in regard to the provision of, or the placing of orders for the supply of, goods or the rendering of any such services;
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(d) prohibit the imposition of specified conditions in regard to the supply or distribution of goods or the rendering of any such services;
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(e) make such provision as the Minister thinks necessary to ensure the equitable treatment of all persons in regard to the supply or distribution of the goods concerned or the rendering of any such services and the avoidance of unfair practices;
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(f) make such other provision in regard to restrictive practices affecting the supply and distribution of goods or the rendering of any such services as he thinks fit.
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(2) The Minister may by order revoke or amend an order under subsection (1).
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(3) An order under this section shall not have effect unless it is confirmed by Act of the Oireachtas but, upon being so confirmed, it shall have the force of law in accordance with its terms.
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(4) If the Commission, in a report to the Minister, recommend the making of an order and the Minister decides not to make any order, he shall lay before each House of the Oireachtas a statement giving the reasons for his decision.
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(5) The Minister shall comply with subsection (4) within three months after he has received the report.
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