Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v P T Garuda Indonesia Ltd [2016] FCAFC 42

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v P T Garuda Indonesia Ltd [2016] FCAFC 42 Appeal from: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Air New Zealand Limited (2014) 319 ALR 388; [2014] FCA 1157

File numbers: NSD 1330 of 2014 NSD 1331 of 2014

Judges: DOWSETT, YATES AND EDELMAN JJ

Date of judgment: 21 March 2016

Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – price fixing – meaning of a market "in Australia" – whether markets for airborne cargo out of Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia to ports in Australia were markets "in Australia" within s 4E of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) STATUTORY INTERPRETATION – whether inconsistency exists between Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) and Air Navigation Act 1920 (Cth)

Legislation: Acts Interpretation Act (1901) (Cth) s 15B Air Navigation Act 1920 (Cth) ss 12, 12(2), 13, 13(b), 22(1) Air Navigation Amendment Regulations 2000 (No 3) (Cth) Air Navigation Regulations 1947 (Cth) reg 106A, 258 Commerce Act 1986 (NZ) ss 3(1), 3(1A) Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901 (Cth) s 109 Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) Competition Policy Reform Act 1995 (Cth) Crown Suits Act 1898 (WA) ss 33, 37 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth) s 63(2) Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 49 USC 1301 (1958) Industrial Relations Act 1996 (NSW) s 84(1) Limitation of Actions Act 1958 (VIC) s 5(6) Police Act 1990 (NSW) s 80(3) Sherman Antitrust Act 15 USC (1890) Trade Practices (Misuse of Trans–Tasman Market Power) Act 1990 (Cth) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 2, 4, 4(1), 4E, 45, 45(2), 45(3), 45(2)(a)(ii), 45(2)(b)(ii), 45A, 45A(1), 46, 50(1), 51, 51(1), 51(1A), 51(1C), 51(1C)(a), 76, 77, 77(1), 77(2), 82, 82(1), 82(2), 88, 88(1)(c)-(e); Pt IV Trade Practices Amendment Act 1977 (Cth) Trade Practices Bill 1974 (Cth) Agreement between the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia for Air Services Between and Beyond their Respective Territories. 7 March 1969. Australia–Indonesia. [1969] ATS 4 Arts 2, 6, 6(2), 6(3), 6(4) Consolidated Version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. 13 December 2007. European Union. 2008 O.J. C 115/47 Art 102 Convention on International Civil Aviation. Signed 7 December 1944. 15 UNTS 295 (entered into force 4 April 1947) (Chicago Convention) Trans–Atlantic Conference Agreement [1959–1962] O.J. Spec. Ed. 87 Treaty Establishing the European Community (Consolidated Version), Rome Treaty. 25 March 1957. European Union Art 82 Treaty of Lisbon Amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty Establishing the European Community. Signed 13 December 2007. European Union. 2006 O.J. C 321 E/37 (entered into force 1 December 2009)