{"id":"F2014L00180","name":"Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Monitoring of Prices, Costs and Profits Relating to the Supply of Regulated Goods by Corporations and the Supply of Goods by Liable Entities in Relation to the Carbon Tax Scheme in Australia","slug":"competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":128388,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L00180-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition and Consumer Act 2010 - Monitoring of Prices, Costs and Profits Relating to the Supply of Regulated Goods by Corporations and the Supply of Goods by Liable Entities in Relation to the Carbon Tax Scheme in Australia","content":"![AustGovt_crest](image.001.jpeg)\n\nCommonwealth of Australia\n\nCompetition and consumer act 2010\n\nMONITORING OF PRICES, COSTS AND PROFITS RELATING TO THE SUPPLY OF regulated goods by corporations and the supply of goods by liable entities in relation to the carbon tax scheme in australia\n\nI, Joe Hockey, Treasurer, pursuant to section 95ZE of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, hereby give the following Direction:\n\n1.  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to undertake formal monitoring of the prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of regulated goods by corporations and the supply of goods by liable entities to assess the general effect of the carbon tax scheme in Australia.\n2.  In this Direction, regulated goods means goods supplied in the following industries:\n\n(a) natural gas;\n\n(b) electricity;\n\n(c) synthetic greenhouse gas.\n\n3. In this Direction, liable entities means a corporation for which there is an entry in the Information Database (within the meaning of the Clean Energy Act 2011).\n\n4. In this Direction, carbon tax scheme has the same meaning it has in item 3 of Schedule 2 to the Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013.\n\n5. The ACCC is to report to me on its monitoring activities in paragraph (1) within 28 days of the end of each quarter of each financial year.\n\n6. This Direction takes effect for the period 1 March 2014 to 30 June 2015.\n\nDated this 18th day of February 2014\n\nTHE HON J. B. HOCKEY MP\n\nTreasurer","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2022},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The scope remains tightly focused on the original intent: directing the ACCC to monitor price and cost impacts of the carbon tax scheme in specific energy sectors during a defined 15-month period. No expansion of scope beyond the initial monitoring mandate is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 operative paragraphs with a single clear directive","Just 3 defined terms (regulated goods, liable entities, carbon tax scheme)","Limited cross-referencing (only references to Clean Energy Act 2011 and Carbon Tax Repeal Bill)","Fixed duration (15 months) with no conditional or ongoing application provisions","No exceptions, penalties, or enforcement mechanisms specified in the instrument itself"],"plain_english_summary":"This direction required the Treasurer’s ACCC to monitor how Australia’s carbon tax affected prices, costs and profits for energy-related sectors and companies liable under the Clean Energy Act, with quarterly reports to the Treasurer. \n\nRunning from 1 March 2014 to 30 June 2015, it aimed to provide transparency during the tax’s final phase—showing whether firms passed carbon costs to consumers and revealing real-world impacts on business costs and margins."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r","history":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r/history","analysis":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-act-2010-monitoring-of-prices-costs-and-profits-relating-to-the-supply-of-r/documents"}}