ComCom wants competition built into regulatory system

ComCom wants competition built into regulatory system
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Rebecca Howard
A year-long Commerce Commission market study into residential building supplies sets out nine recommendations, including adding competition as an express objective into the regulatory system.The recommendations “aim to provide tangible improvements in competition for key building supplies, without undermining the essential policy objectives of the building regulatory system", said commission chair John Small.The government will take action to increase competition in the residential building supplies sector, said building and construc...

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