August 1995
Canon admits breach of Commerce Act
31 August 1995
Canon New Zealand Limited has admitted breaching the Commerce Act by trying to prevent Edge Computers discounting printers.Relates to: Business Competition
Revised health contracts satisfy Commission
29 August 1995
The Commerce Commission said today it has considered Midland RHA's and Health Waikato's revised mental health services contracts and is satisfied they are unlikely to breach the Commerce Act.Relates to: Business Competition
Tourist companies stop fixing commission rates
28 August 1995
A group of tourist industry companies has settled with the Commerce Commission, signing an undertaking to stop price fixing by setting standard commission rates.Relates to: Business Competition
Commerce Commission takes tougher enforcement line
26 August 1995
The perception in the business community that the Commerce Commission is taking a harder line in enforcing the Commerce Act is correct Commission Chairman, Dr Alan Bollard, said today.Relates to: Business Competition
Selling dangerous bicycle costs Deka $10,000
23 August 1995
For its second breach of a product safety standard in less than a year, Deka New Zealand Limited has been fined $10,000 after admitted selling a dangerous bicycle in the North Shore District Court today.Relates to: Fair Trading
Franco Burrone shoes – made in Italy or Australia?
15 August 1995
A Wellington shoe shop, Ashley Ardrey, has been fined $1,000 for selling Franco Burrone shoes with no country of origin labels despite an earlier warning from the Commerce Commission.Relates to: Fair Trading
Lawyer and company misled buyers about sub-division
15 August 1995
A Christchurch lawyer, John Rutherford, and a company of which he is a director, Rural Management Limited, have been found guilty of misleading people about land being subdivided.Relates to: Fair Trading
Dress for Less fined $6,500 children's night clothes were fire danger
14 August 1995
Dress for Less has been fined $6,500 for selling clothes which did not meet the children's night clothes safety standard, after it was warned by the Commerce Commission.Relates to: Fair Trading
Time extended in Telecom/Sky clearance
14 August 1995
The Commerce Commission and Telecom have agreed to a further extension of time before the Commission decides on a proposal which would give Telecom a 25 percent shareholding in Sky.Relates to:
Ford dealer fined $2,000 for misleading price ads
7 August 1995
A Christchurch Ford dealer, Team Hutchinson Ford, has been fined $2,000 for misleading people about the price of cars after a warning from the Commerce Commission.Relates to: Fair Trading
Commission declines to authorise health contracts
2 August 1995
In the first case of its kind, the Commerce Commission has said it cannot authorise mental health contracts Health Waikato and Midland Regional Health Authority have asked it to consider.Relates to: Business Competition
Commission authorises futures exchange rules
1 August 1995
The Commerce Commission has authorised amended by-laws for the Sydney Futures Exchange Clearing House (SFECH).Relates to: Business Competition
