Consumers and business men adversely affected by what they believe to be an anti-competitive practice must take their complaint to him.
That would have implied that certain practices were invariably anti-competitive and invariably against the public interest.
However, to return to my muttons, we have vast chunks of a megalithic government department looking at anti-competitive practices in the private sector.
The amendments address a range of issues including the regulation of financial services and markets, of anti-competitive practices, trade marks and units of measurement.
Those bodies have two main functions—the avoidance of cartels and anti-competitive agreements, and the avoidance of businesses being able to exploit dominant positions.
They may say that the anti-competitive and anti-monopolistic aspects of what is proposed in relation to institutional conveyancing can be dealt with.
It would be desirable in these circumstances to regulate against anti-competitive behaviour but with any legal regulation the difficulties surrounding enforcement remain.
Competition principles deal with criteria by which anti-competitive practices are judged.
