Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Act, 1988 (Act No. 71 of 1988)8. Investigations by committee |
| 1) | Subject to subsection (2), the committee may on its own initiative, and shall on the directions of the Minister, make such investigation as it may consider necessary-- |
| a) | into any unfair business practice which the committee or the Minister, as the case may be, has reason to believe exists or may come into existence; |
| b) | into any business practice or type of business practice, in general or in relation to a particular commodity or investment or any class or kind or commodity or investment or a particular business or any class or type of business or a particular area, which in the opinion of the committee or the Minister, as the case may be, is commonly applied for the purposes of or in connection with the creation or maintenance of unfair business practices; |
| c) | [deleted by section 6 of Act 33 of 1993]; |
| d) | into any unfair business practice referred to the committee in terms of any other law. |
| 2) | An investigation in terms of subsection (1) or section 4(1)(c) shall not be made or proceeded with by the committee on its own initiative, if in the opinion of the Minister such an investigation, is not in the public interest. |
| 3) | [Deleted by the Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Amendment Act, 2001] |
| 4) | The committee shall by notice in the Gazette make known any investigation which it proposes to make in terms of subsection (1), and further make known that any person may within a period specified in the notice of not fewer than 14 days from the date of the notice, make written representations regarding the investigation to the committee. |
| 5) | [Deleted by the Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Amendment Act, 2001] |
| 6) | [Deleted by the Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Amendment Act, 2001] |
| 7) | [Deleted by the Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Amendment Act, 2001] |