LAWS1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Resale Price Maintenance, Exclusive Dealing, Price Fixing
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Arrangements specifically authorised or approved by a commonwealth or state or territory act; Industrial agreements in relation to conductions of employment; Provisions for the sale of a business; *if benefits to the public outweigh the detriment to the public* A business can notify the accc of proposed exclusive dealing conduct and gain automatic immunity from legal proceedings: However, accc can withdraw the immunity if it forms the view that the subsequent conduct will: substantially lessen competition; public benefit, the immunity ceases 30 days after accc"s decision to withdraw it. Business cannot make a contract or arrangement, or arrive at an understanding that lessens competition by, for example, fixing prices, controlling outputs, rigging bids or allocating customers by using a cartel provision. Section 44zzrd a provision in a contract, arrangement or understanding between tow or more businesses that are or should be in competition with each-other which: Controls output of goods to inflate prices;
