There would be no ministerial approval to put beyond doubt that the rules were necessary in the interests of justice, however anti-competitive they might be.
Some have responded unenthusiastically towards the competitive tendering process which has resulted in charges of anti-competitive behaviour.
Clause 9 is concerned with the definition of the words "competitive"and"anti-competitive".
Again, that demonstrates that there are proper safeguards to deal with anti-competitive behaviour.
Liberal regimes might intervene with anti-discrimination legislation, but they do so purely to prevent anti-competitive practices in the paid labour market, in ways that are assiduously gender-blind.
The criteria by which anti-competitive practices are judged are collectively known as the public interest test.
However, the intervention itself was fundamentally anti-competitive wherever it occurred and whatever form it took, because it prevented the market from imposing price competition.
Competition principles deal with criteria by which anti-competitive practices are judged.
