Second Reading Speeches

Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2010

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  • Trade Practices Amendment (Infrastructure Access) Bill 2009
Type
Government
Portfolio
Treasury
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the National Access Regime in Part IIA of the

Trade Practices Act 1974
in relation to: binding time limits and limited merits review; applications by certain persons that a certain service is ineligible to be a declared service; enabling the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to accept access undertakings with fixed principles that will apply to subsequent undertakings; enabling the ACCC to issue an amendment notice proposing amendments to a proposed access undertaking submitted by a service provider; administrative processes of the National Competition Council and the Australian Competition Tribunal; and consequential amendments.

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