Singapore legislation

Section 70

of Gas Act 2001

Section 70

Abuse of dominant position

(1)

Subject to section 71, any conduct on the part of one or more persons which amounts to the abuse of a dominant position in any gas market in Singapore is prohibited if it may affect trade within Singapore.

(2)

Conduct may, in particular, constitute such an abuse if it consists in —

(a)

directly or indirectly imposing unfair purchase or selling prices or other unfair trading conditions of gas in Singapore;

(b)

limiting production, markets or technical developments in the gas industry in Singapore to the prejudice of consumers;

(c)

applying dissimilar conditions to equivalent transactions with other trading parties, thereby placing them at a competitive disadvantage; or

(d)

making the conclusion of contracts subject to acceptance by the other parties of supplementary obligations which, by their nature or according to commercial usage, have no connection with the subject of the contracts.

(3)

In this section, “dominant position” means a dominant position within Singapore.

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