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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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