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- Schedule 1—Definition of “competition”
- Schedule 2—Cartels
- Schedule 3—Price signalling and concerted practices
- Schedule 4—Exclusionary provisions
- Schedule 5—Covenants affecting competition
- Schedule 6—Secondary boycotts
- Schedule 7—Third line forcing
- Schedule 8—Resale price maintenance
- Schedule 9—Authorisations, notifications and class exemptions
- Schedule 10—Admissions of fact
- Schedule 11—Power to obtain information, documents and evidence
- Schedule 12—Access to services
- Schedule 13—Application and transitional provisions
- Schedule 14—Other amendments
2016-2017
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017
No. , 2017
(Treasury)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 , and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 3
Schedule 1—Definition of “competition” 5
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 5
Schedule 2—Cartels 6
Part 1—Amendments 6
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 6
Part 2—Renumbering Division 1 of Part IV and Schedule 1 12
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 12
Schedule 3—Price signalling and concerted practices 16
Part 1—Main amendments 16
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 16
Part 2—Other amendments 21
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 21
Schedule 4—Exclusionary provisions 27
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 27
Schedule 5—Covenants affecting competition 28
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 28
Schedule 6—Secondary boycotts 31
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 31
Schedule 7—Third line forcing 32
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 32
Schedule 8—Resale price maintenance 33
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 33
Schedule 9—Authorisations, notifications and class exemptions 37
Part 1—Main amendments 37
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 37
Part 2—Other amendments 52
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 52
Radiocommunications Act 1992 72
Schedule 10—Admissions of fact 76
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 76
Schedule 11—Power to obtain information, documents and evidence 77
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 77
Schedule 12—Access to services 79
Part 1—Declared services 79
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 79
Part 2—Effective access regimes 85
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 85
Part 3—Access to declared services 91
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 91
Part 4—Contingent amendments 92
Division 1—Public Governance amendments have already commenced 92
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 92
Division 2—Public Governance amendments have not commenced 92
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 92
Schedule 13—Application and transitional provisions 93
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 93
Schedule 14—Other amendments 99
Part 1—Removal of requirements for Ministerial consents 99
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 99
Part 2—Jurisdiction of State and Territory Courts 100
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 100
Part 3—Register of notifications 101
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 101
Part 4—Confidentiality of notices 102
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 102
Part 5—Cartel offences 103
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 103
Part 6—Unsolicited consumer agreements 104
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 104
Part 7—Misleading conduct as to the nature etc. of goods 108
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 108
Part 8—Power to obtain information, documents and evidence 109
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 109
Part 9—Application and transitional provisions 110
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 110
A Bill for an Act to amend the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 , and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Act 2017 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.