Employment Equity Act, 1998
R 385
Competition Act, 1998Rules for the Conduct of ProceedingsCompetition Commission Rules 2001Part 1 - General ProvisionsDivision A - Interpretation3. Interpretation |
| (1) | Section 1 applies to the interpretation of these Rules. |
| (2) | A word or expression that is defined in a chapter of the Act bears the same meaning in these Rules as in the Act. |
| (3) | In these Rules, |
| (a) | a reference to a section by number refers to the corresponding section of the Act; |
| (b) | reference to a Rule by number refers to the corresponding item of these Rules; and |
| (c) | a reference to a sub-rule or paragraph by number refers to the corresponding item of the Rule in which the reference appears. |
| (4) | In these Rules unless the context indicates otherwise, |
| (a) | “Act” means the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No.89 of 1998), as amended from time to time; |
| (b) | “application” means a request for an exemption submitted in terms of section 10, or in terms of item 1 of Schedule 1 of the Act; |
| (c) | “certified copy” means a copy of a document certified by a Commissioner of Oaths; |
| (d) | “Commission” means the body established by section 19; |
| (e) | “Commissioner” means the office holder appointed in terms of section 22; |
| (f) | “Competition Tribunal Rules” means the rules promulgated in terms of the Act for the regulation of procedures of the Tribunal; |
| (g) | “complaint” means either |
| (i) | a matter initiated by the Commissioner in terms of section 49B(1); or |
| (ii) | a matter that has been submitted to the Commission in terms of section 49B(2)(b); |
| (h) | “Court” means the Competition Appeal Court established by section 36; |
| (i) | "deliver" depending on the context, means to serve, or to file, a document; |
| (j) | “file”, when used as a verb, means to deposit with the Commission; |
| (k) | “Judge President” means the Judge President of the Court; |
| (l) | “Merger Notice” means a notification |
| (i) | voluntarily submitted in terms of section 13(2), or |
| (ii) | required in terms of either section 13 (3) or section 13A; |
| (m) | “public holiday” means a public holiday referred to in section 1 of the Public Holidays Act, 1994 (Act 36 of 1994); |
| (n) | “Rule” includes any footnote to a Rule, and any Table included within or referred to in a Rule; |
| (o) | “serve” means to deliver a document to a person other than the Commission; |
| (p) | "Tribunal", depending on the context, means either— |
| (i) | the body established by section 26; |
| (ii) | a panel of the Tribunal convened in terms of section 31; |
| (iii) | a member of the Tribunal sitting in terms of section 31(5);or |
| (iv) | the registrar of the Tribunal. |
