CompetitionandConsumerAct2010(Cth) Whataretheconsequencesofnon-compliance? •Finesofupto$1.1millionperoffenceor10%oftheannualturnoverper breach(whicheverisgreater) •Legal&administrativecosts •ACCC,compe
first, from the day after Royal Assent, a significant step-change increase in the maximum penalties for engaging in anti-competitive conduct in contravention of theCompetition and Consumer Act 2010(Cth) (CCA) and conduct that contravenes key parts of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL); secondl...
Before the High Court: why policy matters: Google Inc. v. Australian Competition and Consumer CommissionIn s 18 of the Australian Consumer Law forming sch 2 of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), as with s 52 of the Trade Practices Act 197...
Although governments have relaxed regulations in many areas to cater for the rapid onset of COVID-19, there has been no change to or suspension of theCompetition and Consumer Act2010(Cth) (CCA). For businesses, this means that they must remain vigilant to conduct that may infringe the CCA,...
Australia’s competition and consumer laws are contained in the Competition andConsumer Act 2010(Cth) (Competition Act). The Competition Act has a degree of extra-territorial application and may apply to conduct engaged in outside of Aust...
Applying for merger authorisation from the Tribunal is a rarely used process for obtaining clearance for a merger under theAustralian Competition and Consumer Act 2010(Cth) (CCA). This is only the third such application since the process became available nearly a decade ago. It is also only one...
The Bill passed on 27 October 2022, and expected to receive Royal Assent shortly, will result in changes to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) (CCA) and the mirrored provisions in the Australian Securities and Investment...
Section 51(3) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), which exempted certain conditions in intellectual property licences from some competition law prohibitions, was repealed on 13 September 2019. The repeal goes against recommendations of numerous reform bodies and will expose conditions whi...
These terms and conditions do not, nor do they purport to, limit, exclude or modify any non-excludable statutory guarantees as provided under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), or any other warranties (whether express or implied) under any state or federal legislation which ...
The Harper Review of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) provides the opportunity not only to review the effectiveness of the Act but to consider simplification of what has become a highly prescriptive and complex piece of legislation. This article considers one possible simplification, ...