On 8 August 2017 the National Health Network ( "NHN ") filed an exemption application ( "Application ") with the Competition Commission ( "Commission ") in terms of section 10(3)(b)(ii) of the Competition Act No. 89 of 1998, as amended ( "Act ") for the extension of its current exemption from certain provisions of Chapter 2 of the Act. The conduct for which the extension of the exemption was sought relates to collective bargaining between the shareholders of the NHN and individual medical schemes and administrations, as well as agreements that result from the collective bargaining.