November 2005
NZRU applies to Commission for authorisation
10 November 2005
The New Zealand Rugby Football Union Incorporated (NZRU) has applied to the Commerce Commission for authorisation to enter into a contract to which sections 27, 29 or 30 of the Commerce Act might apply. The relevant contract is the Collective Employment Agreement between the NZRU and Rugby Players Collective Incorporated, which was entered into on 1 November 2005.Relates to: Business Competition
October 2005
Eyes surgeons to pay $85,000 for breaching Commerce Act
28 October 2005
Four Palmerston North eye surgeons have admitted breaching the Commerce Act by fixing the prices to be paid for eye services, and have been ordered by the High Court in Wellington to pay a total of $85,000 in fines and costs.Relates to: Business Competition
Commission to issue second draft determination on Pohokura gas
14 October 2005
The Commerce Commission is to issue a second draft determination in relation to its consideration of whether to revoke or vary the Pohokura gas authorisation.Relates to: Business Competition
August 2005
Todd Petroleum Mining Company and Todd Taranaki apply for restrictive trade practice authorisation
29 August 2005
Todd Petroleum Mining Company Limited and Todd Taranaki Limited have applied to the Commerce Commission for authorisation to enter into a contract to which sections 27, 28 or 29 of the Commerce Act might apply. The relevant contract is the Maui Pipeline Operating Code.Relates to: Business Competition
June 2005
Koppers Arch and GM fined for Commerce Act breaches
3 June 2005
Koppers Arch Wood Protection and its General Manager Roy Parish were today convicted and fined $25,000 and $8,000 respectively in the Manukau District Court for breaches of the Commerce Act 1986.Relates to: Business Competition
May 2005
Commission warns GP's about price fixing
18 May 2005
The Commerce Commission has issued warnings to individual GPs who met last year and collectively decided to set a maximum fee level for a specific group of patients. The GPs were proposing then to join the Dunedin Primary Health Organisation (PHO).Relates to: Business Competition
Commission warns funeral directors against price fixing
4 May 2005
The Commerce Commission has issued separate warnings to six Manawatu-based funeral directors. The funeral directors submitted a joint tender to the police for a contract to transfer deceased persons that put them at risk of breaching the price fixing provisions of the Commerce Act.Relates to: Business Competition
April 2005
Commerce Commission initiates legal action against alleged cartel
27 April 2005
The Commerce Commission has filed civil proceedings in the Auckland High Court against four New Zealand companies and seven executives for alleged cartel behaviour in the timber preservatives industry.Relates to: Business Competition
February 2005
Commerce Commission's preliminary view is to revoke Pohokura authorisation
23 February 2005
The Commerce Commission's preliminary view is that it should revoke its authorisation of an otherwise anti-competitive arrangement to jointly market and sell gas produced from the Pohokura field in Taranaki.Relates to: Business Competition
Commerce Commission reminds industry: comply with information powers or face prosecution
16 February 2005
Commerce Commission Chair Paula Rebstock reinforced the Commission's strong stance on compliance with its information requisitioning powers in front of a chief executives forum in Wellington today with the announcement that the Commission is prosecuting a company and an individual for withholding documents requested as part of a Commission investigation.Relates to: Business Competition
