According to section 1A of the Commerce Act of 1986, the purpose of the bill was to promote competition in markets for the long-term benefit of consumers within New Zealand. In May 2014, the Productivity Commission published a report called Boosting Productivity in the Services Sector at the request of the then National Government. The Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake an inquiry into the services sector and to identify any opportunities to improve its productivity. I'm a bit surprised that it's taken so long—between 1986 and 2014—for this to happen, but in its report the Productivity Commission concluded, amongst other things, that section 36 of the Act should be reviewed. 