This paper is based on an in-depth study of the development in the organization of regulation- and competition politics, in the period 2001–2006, with the reorganization of the Norwegian Competition Authority as a case. In this periode two parallel political processes resulted in changes for the Competition Authority: A new competition law and relocalization of the agency. Both the process of changing the law and the relocalization was initiated from the government, but they have to a different degree been open processes for other actors to join with their definitions of problems and solutions. It was also a great difference in the engagement in the two processes from both formal and informal actors. The proposal of moving the office created far more reactions than the proposal to the changing of the law. The propounded proposals show development towards a greater autonomy for the Competition Authority in its relation to the political leadership, and a strengthened position as a regulatory agency, both towards other regulatory bodies and the regulatees. International influence, adjustments to administration trends, strong national actors, timing and strategy, negotiations, and coincidences, has contributed to the outcome of the processes.