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This enactment modernizes the Competition Act to respond to a
changing business and enforcement environment, by increasing
flexibility in the administration of the Act and efficiency in its
enforcement. The enactment
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(a) enacts new provisions to strengthen the enforcement action that
can be taken against deceptive telemarketing solicitations;
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(b) creates a non-criminal adjudicative mechanism with an
improved range of remedies to deal with misleading advertising and
deceptive marketing practices;
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(c) revises the treatment of claims made about regular selling prices
to provide greater flexibility and clarity;
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(d) permits judicial authorization for interceptions of private
communications in relation to conspiracy, bid-rigging and deceptive
telemarketing;
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(e) modifies the administration of the merger notification process;
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(f) broadens the authority for the making of prohibitive orders to
include prescriptive terms, as a means of promoting compliance and
avoiding prosecution for less serious infractions; and
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(g) formalizes existing responsibilities in relation to the
administration and enforcement of certain labelling statutes.
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