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Competition Act, 1998

Rules for the Conduct of Proceedings

Competition Commission Rules 2001

Part 4 - Complaint Procedures

17. 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.