Commerce Act 1986

Cartel provisions

Heading: replaced, on 15 August 2017, by section 8 of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 40).

30 Prohibition on entering into or giving effect to cartel provision

(1)

No person may—

(a)

enter into a contract or arrangement, or arrive at an understanding, that contains a cartel provision; or

(b)

give effect to a cartel provision.

(2)

See section 80 for liability to a pecuniary penalty, and section 82B for criminal liability, for contravention of this section.

Section 30: replaced, on 15 August 2017, by section 8 of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 40).

Section 30(2): inserted, on 8 April 2021, by section 5 of the Commerce (Criminalisation of Cartels) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 9).