| (1) | There is hereby established a body to be known as the Competition Tribunal, which— |
| (a) | has jurisdiction throughout the Republic; |
| (c) | is a Tribunal of record; and |
| (d) | must exercise its functions in accordance with this Act. |
| (a) | The Competition Tribunal consists of a Chairperson and not less than three, but not more than 14, other women or men appointed by the President, on a full or part-time basis, on the recommendation of the Minister, from among persons nominated by the Minister either on the Minister’s initiative or in response to a public call for nominations, and any other person appointed in an acting capacity in terms of paragraph (b). |
| (b) | The Minister, after consultation with the Chairperson of the Competition Tribunal, may appoint one or more persons who meet the requirements of section 28, as acting part-time members of the Competition Tribunal for such a period as the Minister may determine. |
| (c) | The Minister may re-appoint an acting member at the expiry of that member’s term of office. |
| (d) | Sections 30 to 34 and 54 to 55, read with the changes required by the context, apply to acting members of the Competition Tribunal. |
[Section 26(2) substituted by section 21 of Notice 175, GG 42231, dated 14 February 2019]
| (a) | appoint the Chairperson and other members of the Competition Tribunal on the date that this Act comes into operation; and |
| (b) | appoint a person to fill any vacancy on the Tribunal. |
| (4) | Section 20, read with the changes required by the context, applies to the Competition Tribunal. |
