ii) Legislation related to this Policy and other existihg pieces of legislation, which have a. direct or indirect bearing on the Competition Policy, will be harmonised and interfaced in order to ensure consistency and fairness in their application. iii) In sectors characterised by economic/commercial activities, complex science, engineering and technology or having natural monopoly or other special elements, the Competition Authority and Sector Specific Regulators c()lIaborate 'and complement each other. ' ' . e) Structural Reform of Public Monopolies i) GOViernment remains fully ' committed to restructuring public enterprises within the broader framework for increasing the role of the private sector in the economy. Governme'ntwill, continue to look into ways of structurally reforming public monopolies operating in sectors such as telecommunications, water, electricity and meat export with a view to opening up some of the services they provide to competition. ii) Government will, however, retain monopoly :powers, where necessary, to provide' major infrastructure facilities whilst at the same time opening up activities like connection and distribution services to competition. iii) In keeping with the objectives of the Privatisation Policy and this PoHcy, Government will, prior to introducing competition in a market traditionally supplied ' by public enterprise or monopoly, undertake a -review of the entity' or entities concerned. Such a review will take into consideration the commercial objectives of the business as well as the merits and de-merits ' of separating any natural monopoly elements from potentially competitive elements of the public monopoly. 9

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