Trade Practices Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 4) (Cth)

Trade Practices Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 4)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 228

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Trade Practices Act 1974.

Dated 19 July 2007

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

CHRISTOPHER JOHN PEARCE

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Trade Practices Amendment Regulations 2007 (No. 4).

Commencement

These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

Amendment of Trade Practices Regulations 1974

Schedule 1 amends the Trade Practices Regulations 1974.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(regulation 3)

[1] After regulation 28A

insert in Part 2

28AAProtection of persons appearing on another person’s behalf

(1)A barrister, solicitor or other person appearing on behalf of another person at an inquiry held in accordance with Part VIIA of the Act has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the High Court.

(2)A barrister, solicitor or other person engaged by the Commission to appear at an inquiry held in accordance with Part VIIA of the Act:

(a)has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the High Court; and

(b)may inspect a document:

(i)given to the Commission for the purposes of the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions under that Part; or

(ii)produced at an inquiry held in accordance with that Part; and

(c)may make copies of, or take extracts from, that document.

Note

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