Employment Equity Act, 1998
R 385
Competition Act, 1998Rules for the Conduct of ProceedingsCompetition Commission Rules 2001Part 4 - Complaint Procedures17. Multiple complaints |
| (1) | At any time after a complaint has been initiated by the Commissioner, or submitted by another person, the Commission may publish a notice disclosing an alleged prohibited practice and inviting any person who believes that the alleged practice has affected or is affecting a material interest of that person to file a complaint in respect of that matter. |
| (2) | The Commission may consolidate two or more complaints under a common investigation if they concern the same firm as potential respondent. |
| (3) | If the Commission consolidates two or more complaints as permitted by sub-rule (2)— |
| (a) | Each of those complaints must continue to be separately identified by its own complaint number; |
| (b) | Each person who submitted one of those complaints to the Commission remains the complainant with respect to the complaint that they submitted; and |
| (c) | After referring one of those consolidated complaints to the Competition Tribunal, or issuing a notice of non-referral in respect of it, the Commission may continue to investigate any of the remaining consolidated complaints, subject only to the time constraints set out in section 50. |
