New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 40

40 Withholding the supply of goods

For the purposes of section 37(3)(d) and (e) , the supplier shall be deemed to withhold the supply of goods to another person if—

a) the supplier refuses or fails to supply those goods to, or as requested by, the other person; or

b) the supplier refuses to supply those goods except on terms that are disadvantageous to the other person; or

c) in supplying those goods to the other person, the supplier treats that person less favourably, whether in respect of time, method, or place of delivery, or otherwise, than the supplier treats other persons to whom the supplier supplies the same or similar goods; or

d) the supplier causes or procures a person to act in relation to the supply of goods in the manner specified in paragraphs (a), (b), or (c), as the case may be.

Note: Trade Practices Act 1974 s 98 (Aust)