The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority. Its role is to enforce the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and a range of additional legislation, promoting competition, fair trading and regulating national infrastructure for the benefit of all Australians. The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) is Australia's national energy market regulator. While specific functions vary according to the legislated responsibilities of the ACCC and AER, the 2 bodies share many common objectives. Both work to protect, strengthen and supplement competitive market processes. The ACCC makes decisions through formal meetings of its Commission. The AER makes decisions through its independent board. ACCC Commissioners and AER board members are statutory officers. The AER shares staff, resources and facilities with the ACCC. Making markets work for consumers, now and in the future. Competitive, informed and, when necessary, well-regulated markets lead to lower prices, better quality products and services, and more choice. This increases the prosperity and welfare of all Australians. We focus on taking action that most promotes the proper functioning of Australian markets, protects competition, improves consumer welfare and stops conduct that is anti-competitive or harmful to consumers. The ACCC employs the following strategies to achieve our purpose:
See also: National Competition CouncilThe ACCC provides secretariat services to the National Competition Council (NCC), including advice and support in relation to NCC recommendations, decisions and reports, and administrative services. The ACCC is an independent statutory authority that was established in 1995 to administer the Trade Practices Act 1974 (renamed the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 on 1 January 2011) and other acts. We have a Chair, Deputy Chairs, Commissioners and Associate Members. Appointments to the ACCC involve participation by Commonwealth, state and territory governments. The ACCC currently comes under the portfolio responsibilities of The Treasury. See also:
Milestones representing key aspects in the development and administration of competition and consumer law in Australia. ACCC and AER annual reports Accountability Legislation is the process or product of enrolling, enacting, or promulgating law by a legislature, parliament, or analogous governing body.[1] Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to as "legislation" while it remains under consideration to distinguish it from other business. Legislation can have many purposes: to regulate, to authorize, to outlaw, to provide (funds), to sanction, to grant, to declare, or to restrict. It may be contrasted with a non-legislative act by an executive or administrative body under the authority of a legislative act.[2] Legislation to design or amend a bill requires identifying a concrete issue in a comprehensive way.[3] When engaging in legislation, drafters and policy-makers must take into consideration the best possible avenues to address problem areas.[4] Possible solutions within bill provisions might involve implementing sanctions, targeting indirect behaviors, authorizing agency action, etc.[5] Legislation is usually proposed by a member of the legislature (e.g. a member of Congress or Parliament), or by the executive, whereupon it is debated by members of the legislature and is often amended before passage. Most large legislatures enact only a small fraction of the bills proposed in a given session.[6] Whether a given bill will be proposed is generally a matter of the legislative priorities of the government. Legislation is regarded as one of the three main functions of government, which are often distinguished under the doctrine of the separation of powers. Those who have the formal power to create legislation are known as legislators; a judicial branch of government will have the formal power to interpret legislation (see statutory interpretation); the executive branch of government can act only within the powers and limits set by the law, which is the instrument by which the fundamental powers of government are established.[7] The function and procedures are primarily the responsibility of the legislature. However, there are situations where legislation is made by other bodies or means, such as when constitutional law or secondary legislation is enacted. Such other forms of law-making include referendums, orders in council or regulations. The term legislation is sometimes used to include these situations, or the term primary legislation may be used to exclude these other forms. Public participation in legislationAll modern constitutions and fundamental laws contain and declare the concept and principle of popular sovereignty, which essentially means that the people are the ultimate source of public power or government authority. The concept of popular sovereignty holds simply that in a society organized for political action, the will of the people as a whole is the only right standard of political action. It can be regarded as an important element in the system of checks and balances and representative democracy. Therefore, the people are implicitly entitled even to directly participate in the process of law-making. This role of linking citizens and their government and legislators is closely related to the concept of legitimacy. The exercise of democratic control over the legislative system and the policy-making process can occur even when the public has only an elementary understanding of the national legislative institution and its membership. Civic education is a vital strategy for strengthening public participation and confidence in the legislative process.[8]
The term "dead letter" refers to legislation that has not been revoked, but that has become inapplicable or obsolete, or is no longer enforced.[9]
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What was the common purpose of all of these legislative acts?
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