The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a determination varying authorisations A90987 granted to the Australian Hotels Association*.
The authorisation covers AHA Divisions in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory collectively bargaining with service providers of wagering and broadcasting services.
The AHA sought to extend the authorisation to include collective bargaining by the AHA New South Wales Division with Tabcorp and Sky Channel. An existing authorisation for NSW AHA members to collectively bargain with Tabcorp and Sky Channel expired in July 2008.
In effect the variation to the authorisation granted extends the existing authorisation to cover the previously authorised New South Wales arrangements.
"The ACCC considers that the proposed change lodged by the AHA is minor in nature and does not reduce the benefits associated with the authorisation," ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said today.
The authorisation granted to the AHA Divisions was subject to conditions imposed by the ACCC restricting the size of bargaining groups to no larger than state-wide and restricting information sharing between bargaining groups. These conditions will continue to apply to the arrangements.
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