Clause 71

Any party to an agreement in respect of which the Commission has made a decision, any person in respect of whose conduct the Commission has made a decision, or any party involved in a merger in respect of which the Commission has made a decision, may appeal within the prescribed period to the Board against, or with respect to, that decision.

Except in the case of an appeal against the imposition, or the amount, of a financial penalty, the making of an appeal under this section shall not suspend the effect of the decision to which the appeal relates.

In subsection (1), “decision” means a decision of the Commission as to whether the section 34 prohibition, the section 47 prohibition or the section 54 prohibition has been infringed, and includes a direction given under section 67 or 69 (including the imposition of any financial penalty under section 69 or as to the amount of any such financial penalty) and such other decision as may be prescribed.