Explanatory note

These Rules, which come into operation on the same day as the Restrictive Practices Court Act 1976 and the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976, consolidate and replace the Restrictive Practices Court Rules 1957 and the amending Rules of 1962, 1965, 1968 and 1973, with changes consequential upon the consolidation of the enactments relating to restrictive trade practices.