Authorisation and Notification

 

Authorisation is available for all forms of conduct prohibited by Part IV of the TPA, save for misuse of market power. Authorisation is granted either where public benefit can be demonstrated to outweigh any anti-competitive detriment or where the public benefit is such that the conduct should be permitted (although different tests apply to different conduct, in practice they seem to apply in the same way).

Notification is available for small business collective bargaining and for exclusive dealing.

 

The law relating to authorisation/notification (TPA)

 

Forthcoming

 

Articles relating to authorisation/notification

 

Forthcoming

 

Reports relating to authorisation/notification

 

Dawson Report 2003 (Chapter 6 Authorisation)

 

Guidelines relating to authorisation/notification

 

Authorisation Process - the Basics (ACCC January 2007)

Authorisations and Notifications - A Summary (ACCC January 2007)

Authorisations - New Processes from 2007 (ACCC December 2006)
Relates to non-merger authorisations

Useful links

 

Forthcoming