Competition (Amendment) Act 2022

Amendment of section 52 of Principal Act

22. Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution, in subsection (1), of “Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may” for “The Minister may”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2):

“(3) In relation to any matter referred to in Parts 2C to 2H as prescribed, to be prescribed or otherwise to be provided for by the Minister in regulations—

(a) where the regulations in question relate wholly to the composition, rules, procedures, staffing, functions or duties of, or any other matter relating to, the Commission, such regulations may be made by the Minister after consulting with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,

(b) where the regulations in question relate wholly to the composition, rules, procedures, staffing, functions or duties of, or any other matter relating to, the Commission for Communications Regulation, such regulations may be made by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications after consulting with the Minister, and

(c) where the regulations in question relate jointly to the composition, rules, procedures, staffing, functions or duties of, or any other matter relating to both the Commission and the Commission for Communications Regulation, such regulations may be made by the Minister after consulting with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications,

and in this Act, ‘relevant Minister’ shall accordingly be interpreted as the Minister or the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications as the case may be.”.