To the Editor: I concluded my recent article with a hope that the "recommendations of the Dawson Committee will provide much needed amendment to the Trade Practices Act".1 In the article, I argued that medical rosters ran the risk of illegality as exclusionary provisions under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwlth) because of either a drafting deficiency in the Act or a policy non-appreciation of what should and what should not be banned under it. I advocated amending the Act in two crucial respects to bring our law into line with that of New Zealand and the United States.
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- 1. Pengilley W. Medical rosters and the Trade Practices Act. Med J Aust 2003; 178: 337-340. <MJA full text>
- 2. Review of the competition provisions of the Trade Practices Act (Daryl Dawson, AC KBE CB, Chairman). 31 January 2003. Available at: http://www.tpareview.treasury.gov.au/content/report.asp (accessed May 2003).
- 3. Commonwealth government response to the review of the competition provisions of the Trade Practices Act 1974. Available at: http://www.treasurer.gov.au/tsr/content/publications/TPAResponse.asp (accessed May 2003).