| a) | shall from time to time make known information on current policy in relation to business practices in general and unfair business practices in particular, to serve as general guidelines for persons affected thereby; |
| b) | shall receive and dispose of representations in relation to any matter with which it may deal in terms of this Act; |
| bA) | shall receive and dispose of particulars of the result of any investigation made by a competent authority in relation to any matter with which the committee may deal in terms of this Act; |
| c) | may make such preliminary investigation as it may consider necessary into, or confer with any interested party and the National Credit Regulator established in terms of the National Credit Act, 2005, if the matter falls within the jurisdiction of the National Credit Regulator, in connection with, any unfair business practice which allegedly exists or may come into existence; |
[Subsection (1)(c) amended by section 172(2) of Act No. 34 of 2005]
| d) | shall or may, as the case may be, perform any other function assigned to it by this Act; |
| e) | may assign any preliminary investigation or investigation in terms of this Act, or part thereof, to a competent authority. |
| a) | As soon as practicable after 31 December 1991 the committee shall submit to the Minister a report on the functions performed by it during the preceding period, and thereafter the committee shall as soon as practicable after 31 December in each succeeding year submit to the Minister a report on the functions performed by it during the relevant year. |
| b) | Any report submitted to the Minister in terms of paragraph (a), shall as soon as practicable be laid upon the Tables of Parliament. |
