Report

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Abolition of Limited Merits Review) Bill 2017

16 October 2017

© Commonwealth of Australia 2017
ISBN 978-1-76010-663-8

View the report as a single document - (PDF 259KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Committee membership (PDF 22KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF 74KB)

Referral
Purpose of the bill
Conduct of the inquiry
Reports of other committees
Structure of the report
Background
Key provisions of the bill
Chapter 2 - Issues raised in evidence (PDF 153KB)

Evidence in support of abolishing limited merits review
Evidence in support of retaining limited merits review
Judicial review
Conclusions
Appendix 1 - Submissions and additional information (PDF 9KB)
Appendix 2 - Public hearing (PDF 12KB)

Committee Secretariat contact:

Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3526
ec.sen@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

The Bill amends the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 to prevent the Australian Competition Tribunal from reviewing decisions made under the national energy laws (other than decisions relating to the disclosure of confidential or protected information) and to ensure that decisions of the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) are not subject to merits review by any other State or Territory body.



Past Public Hearings

03 Oct 2017: MELBOURNE

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