National Competition Council
Section 1: Overview
The National Competition Council (NCC) is an independent statutory agency established under Part IIA of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA). The NCC was established to oversee and assist the implementation of National Competition Policy (NCP) and to recommend on the design and coverage of infrastructure access regulation.
With the end of the NCP reform agenda in 2006 the NCC’s role in relation to NCP has effectively ended and the NCC has refocussed its activities on access regulation matters. In relation to this, the NCC’s specific tasks are to make recommendations1 relating to access to services provided by monopoly infrastructure under Part IIIA of the TPA (declaration and certification) and to undertake similar functions under the National Third Party Access Code for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems (the Gas Code).
1.1 Summary of agency contributions to outcomes
The products and services delivered by the NCC which contribute to the achievement of outcomes are summarised in Table 1.1 and Figure 2 on page 273.
Table 1.1: Contribution to outcomes
- Recommendations are made to the Australian Government Treasurer or other Ministers, or State or Territory Leaders depending on the particular subject matter.