New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 107

107 Cartel prosecutors panel

1 The Solicitor-General must appoint a cartel prosecutors panel for the purpose of enabling prosecutions under section 82B to be taken speedily.

2 The Solicitor-General must consult with the chairperson before appointing the panel.

3 The panel must consist of those lawyers that the Solicitor-General considers appropriate.

4 Only members of the panel may conduct prosecutions under section 82B on behalf of the Crown.

5 In this section,
"lawyer" has the meaning given in section 6 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 .

History: Section 107: inserted, on 8 April 2021, by section 12 of the Commerce (Criminalisation of Cartels) Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 9).