Blunt Report 1979

independent
Written By Julie Clarke

Trade Practices Consultative Committee
Small Business and the Trade Practices Act

Reporting body: Trade Practices Consultative Committee

Length: 127 pages (+ 698 pages of submissions)

Focus: Small business and the Trace Practices Act

Government in power: Coalition (Fraser)

Key recommendations

  • No change to:

    • Section 45 (anti-competitive agreements)

    • Section 45B

    • Section 45D

    • Section 47 (exclusive dealing)

    • Section 48 (resale price maintenance)

    • Section 50 (mergers)

  • Monopolisation / misuse of market power: should be extended to apply to firms that have a substantial degree of market power (at the time it only applied to firms that substantially control markets)

  • Price discrimination: recommended repeal

  • Franchisee: recommended introduction of franchisee protection law

  • Process: recommended some protection for informants, that lower courts have jurisdiction and that legal aid be more freely available

Julie Clarke
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