Miller’s
Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated
42nd edition 2020
The essential resource on the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
Practitioners, businesses, academics and students will benefit from the updated legislation in this 42nd edition, and from Russell Miller’s expert annotation commentary at provision level, guiding readers through the meaning of the law with the benefit of judicial interpretation of the provisions of the Act. The book also contains related legislation and materials.
Highlights
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Cartels
application of the cartel provisions to commercial negotiations – ACCC v Cascade Coal Pty Ltd [2019] FCAFC 154. Finalisation of the long running case against Garuda, rejecting a State immunity claim - ACCC v PT Garuda Indonesia Ltd [2019] FCA 786. -
Consumer remedies
the Full Court’s analysis of the ACL remedy provisions – Wyzenbeek v Australasian Marine Imports Pty Ltd (in liq) [2019] FCAFC 167. -
Intellectual property
removal of one of the IP exceptions – s 51(3).
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Immunity policy
the ACCC’s October 2019 update to its immunity policy and discussion of practical implications, and DPP (Cth) v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd [2019] FCA 1170 – an example of an unsuccessful attempt to obtain an immunity marker. -
Legislation
the new Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 (Cth). -
Mergers
the position in relation to "gun jumping" after ACCC v Cryosite Ltd [2019] FCA 116 and the ACCC’s new guideline.
Miller's Australian Competition and Consumer Law, 42nd edition, contains the following Acts, regulations and related materials:
- Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (except Sch 1)
- Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010 (except Schs 1 and 3 forms)
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Franchising) Regulation 2014
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Food and Grocery) Regulation 2015
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Oil) Regulations 2017
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Horticulture) Regulations 2017
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Sugar) Regulations 2017
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Code—Electricity Retail) Regulations 2019
- Competition and Consumer (Industry Codes—Dairy) Regulations 2019
- Trade Practices (Industry Codes—Unit Pricing) Regulations 2009
- Merger Guidelines 2008 (21 November 2008 version, amended November 2017)
- Informal Merger Review Process Guidelines (September 2013 version, amended November 2017)
- Merger Authorisation Guidelines (24 October 2018 version)
- Application for authorisation of a proposed merger or acquisition (November 2017 version)
- Media Merger Guidelines 2017 and
- ACCC immunity and cooperation policy for cartel conduct (October 2019 version)
Features of the publication
Miller’s Australian Competition and Consumer Law Annotated, 42nd edition, 2020 offers an extensive array of features to assist practitioners and students working with the Competition and Consumer Act 2020 and related legislation.
Key features include:
- Authored annotations written by Russell Miller explaining the operation of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and providing a detailed analysis of the relevant case law.
- Navigation tools to support easy reading and fast access, including comprehensive subject index and features including thumb tabs, detailed running heads and section references
- Foreword from the Chairman of the ACCC, highlighting the major developments
- Cross-references indicating where a regulation affects a section of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.
- Editor’s notes providing information about transitional, application and savings provisions and notification of amendments which have received assent but which commence on a future date.