Architect and Builder March/April 2016 | Page 18

Fee Debate by SIMON BERRY “The publication of the fee guidelines by the professional councils amount to indirect price-fixing in contravention of the [Competition] Act” – Competition Commission, 11 Feb 2016 A fter 2 years of deliberation, South Africa’s Competition Commission has rejected an application by the Council for the Built Environment (on behalf of, amongst others,