The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today announced a refresh of the cross-appointments between the New Zealand Commerce Commission and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
This page summarises previous reviews of the Commerce Act.
The Government has announced that it will undertake a study into competition in New Zealand’s residential building supplies markets.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is seeking submissions on options to reduce merchant service fees. The outcome of this consultation will be used to advise the Government on the approach to regulating merchant service fees.
On 5 August 2020, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment released a discussion document titled Options for establishing a consumer data right in New Zealand.
This page covers key milestones in the 8-year reform of the Commerce Act's cartel provisions.
We provide advice on the Commerce Act and the application of competition policy to specific sectors. We’re also the monitoring agency for the Commerce Commission.
The Commerce Amendment Act 2018 provides for market studies, improved airport regulation and enforceable undertakings.
We carry out periodic reviews of the Commerce Act to ensure it reflects modern regulatory practice and continues to deliver benefits to New Zealanders. The Commerce Act is New Zealand's generic competition law. It also provides economic regulation of goods or services in markets with monopoly characteristics.
The cartel criminalisation discussion document was released in 2010, and submissions were received in the following months.
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