June 2004
Commission receives application for EIR Act exemption
30 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has received an application from David Henderson and related entities for an exemption under the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (the EIR Act) in relation to ownership separation provisions.
Relates to: Electricity
Ophthalmological Society of New Zealand to pay $100,000 for breaching Commerce Act
30 June 2004
The High Court has fined the Ophthalmological Society of New Zealand Inc $100,000 and two ophthalmologists a total of $30,000 for contravening the anti-competitive provisions of the Commerce Act.
Relates to: Business Competition
Telecommunications Act: Commerce Commission releases draft TSO cost calculation
30 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has released its draft determination on the calculation of Telecom New Zealand Limited's net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO) for the period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 (the end of Telecom's financial year). The Commission has calculated the cost for that period to be $62.6 million.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Telecommunications Commissioner delivers speech to 5th Annual Telecommunications Summit
28 June 2004
In an address to the 5th Annual Telecommunications Summit this morning, Telecommunications Commissioner Douglas Webb spoke of changes to the marketplace since 2001 - including recent undertakings by Telecom to offer cost-based prices for data tails - and put to industry participants that competitive innovation, efficiency, product range and customer choice will increasingly decide the outcome for their businesses.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission accepts undertaking from Telecom on data tails
28 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has accepted Telecom's undertaking to supply data tails at cost-based prices.
The Commission has monitored the evolution of Telecom's commercial data tails proposal since its December 2003 recommendation on unbundling to the Minister of Communications.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Port of Tauranga and Toll apply to Commission for clearance
24 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Port of Tauranga Limited and Toll Limited seeking clearance of a proposed acquisition by a yet to be formed joint venture company to acquire The Owens Cargo Company Limited, Toll Logistics (NZ) Limited and Leonard and Dingley Limited.
Relates to: Business Competition
Commerce Commission clears IAG to acquire Mike Henry
24 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has cleared IAG New Zealand Limited to acquire 100% of the shares in Mike Henry Travel Insurance Limited.
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Telecom Mobile's telemarketing practices found in breach of Door to Door Sales Act
24 June 2004
Following a High Court judgment, the Commerce Commission is highlighting to telemarketers that the Door to Door Sales Act applies to their sales practices and that any failure to comply with that Act may amount to a breach of the Fair Trading Act.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Commission warning to Toll NZ Limited: behaviour at risk of contravening Commerce Act
22 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to Toll NZ Limited (formerly Tranz Rail Limited) that the Commission found evidence indicating that Tranz Rail's conduct in certain New Zealand rail markets over a period from 1997 to 2002 risked contravening the Commerce Act, and that the repetition of such conduct would result in the Commission taking further enforcement action.
Relates to: Business Competition
Aquanaut admits Commerce Act breach: ordered to pay $60,000
21 June 2004
The Commerce Commission is highlighting to businesses that the practice of resale price maintenance, where a supplier of goods specifies the minimum price that a reseller can charge for those goods, is prohibited under the Commerce Act, and that the Commission will take action where such behaviour is detected.
Relates to: Business Competition
Commission releases mobile termination issues paper
21 June 2004
The Commerce Commission today released an issues paper to begin public consultation on its investigation into whether or not mobile phone call termination rates should be regulated.
Relates to: Telecommunications
ABC Motor Group convicted for second time under Fair Trading Act: fined $31,000
18 June 2004
ABC Motor Group Limited has been convicted of breaching the Fair Trading Act for the second time in three years over failure to adequately disclose important conditions in advertising.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Telecommunications Act: Residential Wholesale determination delivers choice for residential customers
17 June 2004
The Commerce Commission today released its final determination relating to the supply of residential services on a wholesale basis between Telecom New Zealand Limited and TelstraClear Limited under the Telecommunications Act 2001.
Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission receives clearance application from VisyPET
17 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has received an application from VisyPET (NZ) Limited trading as VisyPak, seeking clearance to acquire some or all of the two-stage PET manufacturing assets and related business contracts of Visy Industrial Plastics (NZ) Limited (VIP).
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Waveshield pleads guilty to breaching Fair Trading Act
9 June 2004
A rehearing of a Commerce Commission case against Waveshield (New Zealand) Limited and its director Miles Dixon for falsely claiming that the 'Wave Shield' mobile phone radiation protection device blocked up to 97 percent of electromagnetic radiation from the inner ear and had been 'tested' and 'proven' has resulted in a $4,000 fine.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Colgate-Palmolive applies for clearance to acquire Campbell Brothers' Brands
8 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Colgate-Palmolive seeking clearance to acquire various brands and associated items that comprise the laundry additive, laundry detergent, and dishwashing detergent businesses of Campbell Brothers Limited and Campbell Brothers' wholly-owned subsidiary, Bushland Products Pty Limited.
Relates to: Business Competition
False claims about trade membership will breach Fair Trading Act
8 June 2004
The Commerce Commission is reminding traders that falsely claiming membership or approval of a trade organisation is a breach of the Fair Trading Act.
Relates to: Fair Trading
Co-operation between Commerce Commission and Police results in three arrests
4 June 2004
Three men have been arrested by Dunedin Police and charged under the Crimes Act in relation to a Commerce Commission investigation into an international operation involving the sale of speakers from the back of vans that hit New Zealand shores earlier this year.
Relates to: Fair Trading
IAG applies for clearance to acquire Mike Henry Travel
1 June 2004
The Commerce Commission has received an application from IAG New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares in Mike Henry Travel Insurance Limited.
Relates to: Business Competition
