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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142122303321

Autore

Nagarajan Vijaya

Titolo

Discretion and public benefit in a regulatory agency : the Australian Authorisation Process / / Vijaya Nagarajan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : Australian National University, E Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-922144-36-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - Australia

Independent regulatory commissions - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Pages; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Competition Policy and the Authorisation Process; 2. Architecture of Authorisations; 3. Discourses on Public Benefit; 4. Types of Public Benefit; 5. Discourses on Discretion and the Regulatory Agency; 6. Discretion, the ACCC and Authorisation Determinations; 7. Experiments in Discretion: How Effective is the Regulator?; Appendix; References

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the manner in which a variety of public benefits such as environmental protection and consumer safety have been accommodated through the authorisation process within competition law and policy in Australia.