July 2003
Telecommunications Act: Commission to investigate local and cellular telephone number portability
29 July 2003
Issued 29 July 2003Relates to: Telecommunications
Electricity Industry Reform Act: Commission grants exemption to Eastland Network
24 July 2003
The Commerce Commission has exempted Eastland from the application of the cross involvement rules of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (EIR Act).Relates to: Electricity
Bungy New Zealand receives Commerce Act clearance to acquire Pipeline Bungy
24 July 2003
The Commerce Commission has cleared Bungy New Zealand Limited to acquire the Pipeline Bungy business operating in Skippers Canyon, Queenstown.Relates to:
Penalties doubled and enforcement powers strengthened by new Fair Trading legislation
23 July 2003
Recent changes to the Fair Trading Act have extended the Commerce Commission's powers to deal with misleading and unfair trading practices by businesses.Relates to: Fair Trading
Telecommunications Act – Unbundling reviews: Commission updates timetable
23 July 2003
The Commerce Commission today published an update to the timetable for the reviews into unbundling of Telecom New Zealand's local loop network and its fixed Public Data Network.Relates to:
Confirmation of Air New Zealand and Qantas conferences
18 July 2003
The Commerce Commission today confirmed that the conferences it will hold on the Air New Zealand and Qantas applications for Commerce Act authorisations will commence in Wellington on 18 August 2003.Relates to:
Gas Pipelines Inquiry: Commerce Commission releases draft framework paper
16 July 2003
The Commerce Commission today released a draft framework paper which proposes legal and analytical frameworks to be used in the Gas Pipelines Inquiry. The Commission commenced the inquiry as a result of a request from the Minister of Energy pursuant to Part IV of the Commerce Act.Relates to: Gas Pipelines
Wizard Home Loans' advertising misleading – Chinese community targeted
15 July 2003
A company named New Aussie Finance Pty Limited, licensed to trade as Wizard Home Loans to the Chinese and Korean communities in the greater Auckland region, has admitted its advertising was misleading and in breach of the Fair Trading Act in a settlement with the Commerce Commission.Relates to: Fair Trading
Telecommunications Act: Commission holds TSLRIC conference
11 July 2003
Issued 11 July 2003Relates to: Telecommunications
Commission receives clearance application from Bungy New Zealand Limited
10 July 2003
Issued 10 July 2003Relates to:
'No antibiotics' claim costs chicken producer $10,000
8 July 2003
Issued 8 July 2003Relates to: Fair Trading
Telecommunications Act: Commission releases draft determinationon CallPlus interconnection application
7 July 2003
Issued 7 July 2003Relates to: Telecommunications
