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Clearance Application From Southern Cross Oxford
Monday, 11 October 2004, 5:13 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Southern Cross Oxford Hospital Limited (SCOHL) seeking clearance to acquire the assets of the Oxford Clinic business in Christchurch. The assets include the lease of buildings, various assets including ... More >>
Telecommunications Act:Telecom meeting commitment
Friday, 8 October 2004, 2:25 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is satisfied that Telecom is meeting its commitment to offer its Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) consistent with internationally benchmarked cost based pricing and therefore does not consider it necessary at this time to launch ... More >>
Commission receives clearance application
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 3:43 pm | Commerce Commission
Commission receives clearance application from Vehicle Testing New Zealand to acquire On Road More >>
Electricity Industry Reform Act
Thursday, 7 October 2004, 2:27 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted the Westfield Group an exemption under the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (the EIR Act) in relation to ownership separation provisions, subject to a number of conditions. More >>
Gas Control Inquiry - one month extension
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 1:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received a one month extension to complete its analysis for its report on whether gas pipeline services should be controlled. The Commission requested and received the extension from the Minister of Energy, Hon Pete Hodgson, ... More >>
Dairy Industry Restructuring Act
Monday, 4 October 2004, 10:36 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today announced it would investigate Open Country Cheese Company Limited's (Open Country) application for a determination relating to charges for reasonable transport costs with Fonterra Co-operative Group (Fonterra). A report ... More >>
Commerce Commission assessing Telecom’s compliance
Friday, 1 October 2004, 10:11 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is analysing information received from Telecom New Zealand Limited as the Commission carries out its annual assessment of Telecom’s performance in complying with the telecommunications service obligations (TSO) instrument. More >>
Commission may revoke Pohokura gas authorisation
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 9:56 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is considering revoking its decision to authorise four companies to enter into arrangements to jointly market and sell gas produced from the Pohokura natural gas field on the basis that a material change in circumstances may have occurred ... More >>
Commission grants clearance to iSOFT
Wednesday, 29 September 2004, 3:46 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance to iSOFT NZ Limited to acquire certain assets currently owned by Hewlett-Packard New Zealand, comprising five customer contracts for the provision of software support services, and associated goodwill and intellectual ... More >>
Commission grants clearance to Port of Tauranga
Friday, 24 September 2004, 9:13 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared the acquisition by a yet to be formed joint venture company, Newco, owned 50 percent by Port of Tauranga Limited and 50 percent by Toll Limited, of all the shares in The Owens Cargo Company Limited, Toll Logistics (NZ) ... More >>
Commission warning to Pharmacy Guild
Thursday, 23 September 2004, 1:28 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to the Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (Inc) that the Guild’s Premiums Guide, as published until October 2002, placed the Guild and its members at risk of contravening the Commerce Act, and that the Guild ... More >>
High Court dismisses appeal by Qantas and Air NZ
Monday, 20 September 2004, 1:43 pm | Commerce Commission
The High Court today dismissed the appeal by Qantas Airways Limited and Air New Zealand Limited of the Commerce Commission’s decision to decline authorisation for the airlines to enter and give effect to potentially anti-competitive alliance arrangements, and ... More >>
Telecommunications Act: TSO conference
Monday, 20 September 2004, 9:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a four day conference from tomorrow on its draft determination on the calculation of Telecom New Zealand Limited’s net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO). More >>
Environmental Air Care fined $17,500
Friday, 17 September 2004, 11:30 am | Commerce Commission
Environmental Air Care Limited has been fined $17,500 and ordered to publish corrective advertising in the New Zealand Herald, Dominion Post and Press for making misleading claims about its Robocan time-dispensed insect control products, in breach of the ... More >>
Contact Energy admits misleading customers
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 2:18 pm | Commerce Commission
Contact Energy Limited has acknowledged it breached the Fair Trading Act by providing misleading explanations to customers for electricity price changes earlier this year. In a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Contact Energy has agreed to apologise ... More >>
Open Country Cheese Co In dispute with Fonterra
Tuesday, 14 September 2004, 11:48 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from the Open Country Cheese Company Limited (Open Country) for a determination under the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (DIR Act) relating to charges for reasonable transport costs with Fonterra ... More >>
Gas Control Inquiry: Commission releases tax
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 5:47 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a paper that outlines its proposed treatment of tax in determining its final recommendation on whether or not gas pipelines services should be controlled. The Commission invites interested parties to comment on its ... More >>
Report on Unbundled Partial Circuits
Friday, 3 September 2004, 2:36 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its final benchmark report on Unbundled Partial Circuits (UPCs) following public consultation. This report relates to Telecom New Zealand Limited's commitment to the Commission in June 2004 to introduce cost-based ... More >>
Commerce Commission issues ODV Handbook
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 8:27 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued its new Optimised Deprival Valuation (ODV) Handbook, which prescribes the methodology for valuing the system fixed assets of electricity lines businesses. This work is part of the Commission’s development of a regulatory ... More >>
Narva & Repco convicted for cashback offer
Friday, 27 August 2004, 11:28 am | Commerce Commission
Narva New Zealand Limited and Repco Limited have pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to a misleading Projecta battery charger cash back offer. The two cases were heard separately in the Auckland District Court with Narva fined ... More >>
