Notice No. R. 448

3 April 2020

GG 43205

Department of Trade and Industry

I, Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition in consultation with the Chairperson of the Competition Tribunal; and in terms of section 27(2) of the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No. 89 of 1998) ("the Act"), as amended, hereby make the Regulations relating to the functions of the Competition Tribunal set out in the Schedule hereto.

The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for Competition Tribunal rules regulating complaint referrals for alleged contraventions of section 8(1)(a) of the Act read with Regulation 4 of the Consumer and Customer Protection Regulations and the National Disaster Management Regulations and Directions, published in Government Gazette No. 43116, Notice No. R.350, on 19 March 2020, during the period of the declaration of a National State of Disaster in respect of COVID-9 by the Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, published in Government Gazette No.43096, Notice No. 313, on 15 March 2020.

Mr Ebrahim Patel

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition