Symposium on competition policy

Abstract

There are many parts of the Competition Act which need amending at the present time. There are difficulties with the following: 1. Mergers 2. Employment contracts 3. De-minimis provision 4. Appeal availability 5. Backlog of decisions 6. Enforcement 7. Numbers of members 8. Decision making time It is reasonable to ask why such a long list of changes should be needed to an Act which was only enacted in July 1991.1 think it is worthwhile to reflect on where this Act came from and also to step back and think about what our competition policy should be if we were starting with a clean slate.