Section 100 Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018

Section 100 of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2018 is about Powers of the Minister. It is under Part XII (Price Mergers) of the Act.

(1) The Minister is entitled to make representations on any public interest ground indicated in section 94 (4) to the Commission with respect to any merger which is under consideration by the Commission.

(2) Subject to the overriding objectives of this Act, the Commission shall have special regard to the representations made by the Minister on and public interest grounds indicated in section 94 ( 4) in arriving at the decision on a merger notification.

(3) Further to the provisions of subsections (1) and (2), the Minister may participate as an observer in any merger proceeding before the Commission in the prescribed manner.