Australia

 

Principal Act (current and historical)

Trade Practices Act 1974 (consolidated) (current)

Trade Practices Act 1974 (original)

Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1971 (repealed)

Trade Practices Act 1965 (repealed)

Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906 (repealed)

Amendment legislation and EM's

Trade Practices Amendment (Cartel Conduct and Other Measures) 2008
Introduced on 3 December 2008 - if passed it will re-define cartel conduct and provide for criminal penalties for such conduct.

Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008
Predatory Pricing and other section 46 amendments and s 155 amendment.

Trade Practices Amendment (Access Declarations) Act 2008
Telecommunications access - declarations are not legislative instruments and provision made for compensation where property acquired

Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Act 2007
Section 46 - minor amendments and the predatory pricing addition

Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Act (No 1) 2006
First set of Dawson Reforms, including increased civil penalties and major changes to merger procedures

Trade Practices Amendment (National Access Regime) Act 2006

Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Issues) Act 2005

Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Act 2003

Competition Policy Reform Act 1995
National Competition Policy, Access, Services etc. Response to Hilmer Report

Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Act 1992
Response to Cooney Report. Changes to merger (revert to SLC test, provide criteria in s 50(3) and for international considerations in authorisation applications), misuse of market power provisions and increased pecuniary penalties.

Trade Practices (Misuse of Trans-Tasman Market Power) Act 1990

Trade Practices (International Liner Cargo Shipping) Amendment Act 1989

Trade Practices Revision Act 1986

Trade Practices (Transfer of Market Dominance) Amendment Act 1986
Mergers

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1983
Injunctions

Trade Practices (Boycotts) Amendment Act 1980
Secondary boycotts

Trade Practices Amendment Act (No 2) 1978
Secondary boycotts, no duplication of pecuniary penalties

Trade Practices Amendment Act 1978
Price fixing (joint ventures), Exclusive dealing (related corporations), Authorisation and notification

Trade Practices Amendment Act 1977

More forthcoming

Please note that this list does not contain a full list of TPA amending legislation; it contains only those amendments most relevant to the competition law provisions of the Act. For a full list of amending legislation visit ComLaw.

 

International

 

United States

 

US Code – Title 15 (Commerce and Trade) - Chapter 1 (Monopolies and Combinations in Restraint of Trade