OBS_VALUE: Sections 44A and 44B were added to the Commerce Act on 14 August 2019 with the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 40) as a targeted block exception for arrangements relating to certain types of international liner shipping services.However, international shipping agreements were fully exempt from Part 2 of the Commerce Act already before. The exemption covered agreements relating exclusively to the transport of goods by sea to or from New Zealand (Section 44(2)). 