In 2002, we reported to the Minister of Commerce on our study of airfield activities at Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch international airports.
The report was done in response to a request from the Minister for the Commission to undertake a study on whether airfield activities (as defined in the Airport Authorities Amendment Act 1997) provided by the three major international airport companies should be controlled under Part 4 of the Commerce Act.
In 2003 the Minister of Commerce announced that regulatory controls would not be imposed.
In 2008, Parliament passed legislation for a new Part 4 of the Commerce Act. This revised the regulatory regime for natural monopolies including specified airports services of major international airports (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch).
Other related documents can be found in the documents section of the website.
Input methodologies are the rules, requirements and processes that underpin regulation under Part 4 of the Commerce Act. These were introduced in 2010.
