Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011

Type: Government
Portfolio: Treasury
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
to: prohibit the private disclosure of pricing information to a competitor; prohibit disclosure of that or other information if the disclosure is made to substantially lessen competition; provide that the prohibitions only apply to goods and services prescribed by regulations; provide exceptions to the prohibitions; and extend existing authorisation and notification regimes to enable businesses to obtain immunity from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission from the prohibitions where a public net benefit results.

Progress

House of Representatives
24 Mar 2011	Introduced and read a first time
24 Mar 2011	Second reading moved
04 Jul 2011	Second reading debate
06 Jul 2011	Second reading debate
07 Jul 2011	Second reading debate
07 Jul 2011	Second reading agreed to
07 Jul 2011	Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 7 Government agreed to
07 Jul 2011	Third reading agreed to

Senate
18 Aug 2011	Introduced and read a first time
18 Aug 2011	Second reading moved
24 Nov 2011	Second reading agreed to
24 Nov 2011	Third reading agreed to

24 Nov 2011	Text of bill as passed both Houses
06 Dec 2011	Assent Act no.: 185 Year: 2011

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Supplementary explanatory memorandum 1
Revised explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum 2
Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
Government [sheet CA206]
Government [sheet CA209]
Non-Government BANDT, Adam, MP
Opposition BILLSON, Bruce, MP

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (11/05/2011): House Standing Committee on Economics
Committee report (22/06/2011)

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Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changed to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.

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