New Zealand Acts

COMMERCE ACT 1986 - SECT 56J

56J Minister’s decision and recommendation

1 Having considered the Commission’s recommendation in accordance with section 56I and any written advice given following a request under section 56I(3) , the Minister must—

a) decide whether, in addition to information disclosure regulation, 1 of the following types of regulation should be imposed on specified airport services:

i) negotiate/arbitrate regulation:

ii) default/customised price-quality regulation:

iii) individual price-quality regulation; and

b) if so, make a recommendation to the Governor-General specifying the type of regulation that should be imposed.

2 The Minister’s decision may be the same as, or different from, the Commission’s recommendation under section 56H .

3 If the Minister’s decision is different from the Commission’s recommendation, the Minister must set out the reasons for the decision and make the decision, with the reasons, publicly available.

History: Section 56J: inserted, on 26 October 2018, by section 10 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 42).