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TRADE PRACTICES (BOYCOTTS) AMENDMENT ACT 1980 No. 73 of 1980 - SECT 4
Boycotts
4. Section 45D of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1) and
inserting the following sub-section:
"(1) Subject to this section, a person shall not, in concert with a second
person, engage in conduct that hinders or prevents the supply of goods or
services by a third person to a fourth person (not being an employer of the
first-mentioned person), or the acquisition of goods or services by a third
person from a fourth person (not being an employer of the first-mentioned
person), where-
(a) the third person is, and the fourth person is not, a corporation and-
(i) the conduct would have or be likely to have the effect of
causing-
(A) substantial loss or damage to the business of the third
person or of a body corporate that is related to that
person; or
(B) a substantial lessening of competition in any market in
which the third person or a body corporate that is
related to that person supplied or acquires goods or
services; and
(ii) the conduct is engaged in for the purpose, and would have or be
likely to have the effect, of causing-
(A) substantial loss or damage to the business of the fourth
person; or
(B) a substantial lessening of competition in any market in
which the fourth person acquires goods or services; or
(b) the fourth person is a corporation and the conduct is engaged in for
the purpose, and would have or be likely to have the effect, of
causing-
(i) substantial loss or damage to the business of the fourth person
or of a body corporate that is related to that person; or
(ii) a substantial lessening of competition in any market in which
the fourth person or a body corporate that is related to that
person supplies or acquires goods or services.".
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