Commerce Commission - Latest News [Page 143]
Air NZ and Qantas: Commission holds conference
Monday, 11 August 2003, 4:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will commence a six day conference next week on its draft determinations relating to the application by Air New Zealand Limited and Qantas Airways Limited for authorisation to enter into a strategic alliance and the application ... More >>
Commission holds TSO conference
Friday, 8 August 2003, 3:26 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a four day conference next week on its draft determination on the calculation of Telecom New Zealand Limited’s net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO). More >>
Electricity Lines Businesses Control Determination
Friday, 8 August 2003, 9:54 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released draft guidelines relating to the regulation of large electricity lines businesses. This work is part of the Commission’s continuing development of a regulatory regime for lines businesses, as required by Part 4A of ... More >>
Commission urges caution with Domain Names NZ
Thursday, 7 August 2003, 5:19 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is aware of a mass mail out by a business trading as Domain Names NZ, and strongly urges caution when dealing with the organisation. More >>
Company prevented from selling 'Wave Shield'
Friday, 1 August 2003, 3:25 pm | Commerce Commission
A company claiming that its 'Wave Shield' mobile phone radiation protection device blocks up to 97% of electromagnetic radiation from the inner ear has been permanently prevented from marketing the product and convicted on four breaches of the Fair Trading ... More >>
Local & cellular telephone number portability
Wednesday, 30 July 2003, 8:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will investigate local and cellular telephone number portability following an application for a determination from five telecommunications carriers under the Telecommunications Act 2001. More >>
Bungy NZ receives clearance to acquire Pipeline
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 2:34 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Bungy New Zealand Limited to acquire the Pipeline Bungy business operating in Skippers Canyon, Queenstown. More >>
Unbundling reviews: Commission updates timetable
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 2:07 pm | Commerce Commission
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. More >>
Commission grants exemption to Eastland Network
Thursday, 24 July 2003, 10:13 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has exempted Eastland from the application of the cross involvement rules of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (EIR Act). More >>
Fair Trading Penalties & Enforcement Strengthened
Wednesday, 23 July 2003, 1:21 pm | Commerce Commission
Recent changes to the Fair Trading Act have extended the Commerce Commission’s powers to deal with misleading and unfair trading practices by businesses. More >>
Air New Zealand and Qantas conferences
Friday, 18 July 2003, 9:50 am | Commerce Commission
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. More >>
Gas Pipelines Inquiry Framework Paper Released
Wednesday, 16 July 2003, 2:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a draft framework paper which proposes legal and analytical frameworks to be used in the Gas Pipelines Inquiry. More >>
Wizard Home Loans’ advertising misleading
Tuesday, 15 July 2003, 9:20 am | Commerce Commission
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 ... More >>
Commission holds TSLRIC conference
Friday, 11 July 2003, 12:01 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a two day conference next week on the Total Service Long Run Incremental Cost (TSLRIC) pricing methodology to be used by the Commission when conducting pricing review determinations. More >>
Clearance application from Bungy NZ
Thursday, 10 July 2003, 10:04 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Bungy New Zealand Limited to acquire the Pipeline Bungy business operating in Skippers Canyon, Queenstown. More >>
Noantibiotics claim costs chicken producer $10,000
Tuesday, 8 July 2003, 4:11 pm | Commerce Commission
Misleading claims that its chickens were fed ‘no antibiotics’ have cost Medallion Trading Limited $10,000 plus costs after it pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in the Palmerston North District Court yesterday. More >>
Draft Determination On CallPlus Interconnection
Monday, 7 July 2003, 11:10 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has issued its draft Determination on the interconnection component of CallPlus Limited's application for an access determination under the Telecommunications Act 2001. More >>
Dairy Industry Restructuring Act: Fonterra breach
Tuesday, 1 July 2003, 9:10 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has found that Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) breached the Dairy Industry Restructuring (Raw Milk) Regulations 2001 and has ordered Fonterra to pay compensation to Independent Dairy Producers Limited (IDP). More >>
Commission clears Wesfarmers to acquire Paykel
Monday, 30 June 2003, 10:55 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Wesfarmers Industrial & Safety NZ Limited (WISNZ) to acquire the business assets of Paykel Limited. More >>
Pohokura Gas Authorisation – conference details
Monday, 30 June 2003, 10:33 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a conference on Tuesday 1 – Thursday 3 July on its draft determination relating to the application by Preussag Energie (now OMV New Zealand Limited), Shell Exploration and Todd Petroleum Mining for authorisation ... More >>
