2011 Annual Report - The Commerce Commission

1.4 Summary of Unfair Trading Activities from the Northern Division for the year 2011The Western Division FTD issues are handled by the Commission Inspectors based in Labasa and Savusavu under the guidance of the Divisional Headand the FTD based in Suva.Department Activities -Northern Division for the year 2011Table 5 summarizes the number of cases received as per each provision of the Commerce Commission Decree 2010. Please note, that for brevityreasons, provisions under which no cases were received have been excluded from the table below.Table 5: Cases under each Provision of Commerce Commission Decree 2010Cases under each provision of Commerce Commission Decree 2010Provisions Breached Number of Cases under each Provision38. Control of Prices 166. Misuse of market power 167. Anti-competitive conduct 169. Exclusive dealing 175. Misleading and deceptive conduct 976. Unconscionable conduct 2277. False or misleading representations 383. Certain Misleading Conduct In Relation To Goods. 684. Certain Misleading Conduct In Relation To Services. 1185. Offering Gifts and Prizes 287. Limited Offers and Failing to Supply as Demanded 388. Accepting payment without being able to supply as ordered 7106. Restitution 1112. Action in Respect of Unsuitable Goods 1114. Action in Respect of Goods of Unmerchantable Quality 3116. Action in Respect of Non-Compliance with Express Warranty 1Note: In some cases, more than one section of CCD2010 was breached and as such, the numbers in the table are higher than the actual number ofcases received.Page141of236