The Trade Practices Amendment (Small Business Protection) Bill 2007 has been introduced into Parliament.

If passed, the Bill will empower the ACCC to bring representative court actions for breaches of the secondary boycott provisions in sections 45D and 45E of the Trade Practices Act.

At present, the ACCC is only able to investigate and prosecute unlawful secondary boycotts under sections 45D and 45E, but it cannot bring representative actions.