Competition and Consumer Act 2010
Sch 1 s 45Contracts, arrangements or understandings that restrict dealings or affect competition
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45 Contracts, arrangements or understandings that restrict dealings or affect competition
(1) A person must not:
(a) make a contract or arrangement, or arrive at an understanding, if a provision of the proposed contract, arrangement or understanding has the purpose, or would have or be likely to have the effect, of substantially lessening competition; or
(b) give effect to a provision of a contract, arrangement or understanding, if that provision has the purpose, or has or is likely to have the effect, of substantially lessening competition; or
(c) engage with one or more other persons in a concerted practice that has the purpose, or has or is likely to have the effect, of substantially lessening competition.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) applies in relation to contracts or arrangements made, or understandings arrived at, before or after the commencement of this section.
(3) For the purposes of this section, competition means:
(a) in relation to a provision of a contract, arrangement or understanding or of a proposed contract, arrangement or understanding—competition in any market in which:
(i) a person who is a party to the contract, arrangement or understanding, or would be a party to the proposed contract, arrangement or understanding; or
(ii) any body corporate related to such a person;
supplies or acquires, or is likely to supply or acquire, goods or services or would, but for the provision, supply or acquire, or be likely to supply or acquire, goods or services; or
(b) in relation to a concerted practice—competition in any market in which:
(i) a person who is a party to the practice; or
(ii) any body corporate related to such a person;
supplies or acquires, or is likely to supply or acquire, goods or services or would, but for the practice, supply or acquire, or be likely to supply or acquire, goods or services.
(4) For the purposes of the application of this section in relation to a particular person, a provision of a contract, arrangement or understanding or of a proposed contract, arrangement or understanding shall be deemed to have or to be likely to have the effect of substantially lessening competition if that provision and any one or more of the following provisions, namely:
(a) the other provisions of that contract, arrangement or understanding or proposed contract, arrangement or understanding; and
(b) the provisions of any other contract, arrangement or understanding or proposed contract, arrangement or understanding to which the person or a body corporate related to the person is or would be a party;
together have or are likely to have that effect.