Clifford Chance

Key changes to Australian competition laws in response to Harper Review

13 April 2017

The Competition and Consumer Amendment (Competition Policy Review) Bill 2017 (CCA Bill) was tabled before Parliament on 30 March 2017. Together with the bill amending the misuse of market provisions (Misuse of Market Power Bill) tabled at the end of 2016, these two Bills reflect the results of Government's consultation on the wide ranging competition law reforms proposed by the 2014 Harper Review and the subsequent exposure draft Bill released on 5 September 2016 (Exposure Draft Bill).

This briefing identifies the proposed reforms which have survived the consultation process and those which have been scrapped or amended as a result of concerns raised, as well as briefly summarising the key implications of each for businesses operating in Australia.

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