/ 29 April 1999

RUITERS TO COMPETITION COMMISSION

TRADE and Industry Department chief director of business regulation and consumer services Alistair Ruiters has been appointed a commissioner on the Competition Commission, Cabinet announced on Wednesday. The five-year appointment will see the Commission investigate corporate behaviour according to often controversial guidelines outlined in the Competition Act. Ruiters will be leaving the DTI, having been a strong motivator while there for the stricter rules he will soon be enforcing.