Competition Tribunal Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 19 (2nd Supp.))

Marginal note:Court of record

• 9 (1) The Tribunal is a court of record and shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed.

• Marginal note:Proceedings

  (2) All proceedings before the Tribunal shall be dealt with as informally and expeditiously as the circumstances and considerations of fairness permit.

• Marginal note:Interventions by persons affected

  (3) Any person may, with leave of the Tribunal, intervene in any proceedings before the Tribunal, other than proceedings under Part VII.1 of the Competition Act, to make representations relevant to those proceedings in respect of any matter that affects that person.

• Marginal note:Summary dispositions

  (4) On a motion from a party to an application made under Part VII.1 or VIII of the Competition Act, a judicial member may hear and determine the application in a summary way, in accordance with any rules on summary dispositions.

• Marginal note:Decision

  (5) The judicial member may dismiss the application in whole or in part if the member finds that there is no genuine basis for it. The member may allow the application in whole or in part if satisfied that there is no genuine basis for the response to it.