{"id":"F2020L00763","name":"Competition and Consumer (Price Monitoring—Domestic Air Passenger Transport) Direction 2020","slug":"competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440519,"registerId":"F2020L00763-fast-fetch-1775956118843","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Competition and Consumer (Price Monitoring—Domestic Air Passenger Transport) Direction 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCompetition and Consumer (Price Monitoring—Domestic Air Passenger Transport) Direction 2020\n\nI, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, give the following direction to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.\n\nDated               19 June 2020\n\n \n\nJosh Frydenberg\n\nTreasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\nPart 2—Price monitoring of domestic air passenger transport services and related goods and services\n\n5 Object\n\n6 Commission to monitor prices\n\n7 Direction to give special consideration to specified matters\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Competition and Consumer (Price Monitoring—Domestic Air Passenger Transport) Direction 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of the instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nair passenger transport service industry means the industry comprised of those parts of the air and space transport class 4900 that relate to the supply of air passenger transport services, as classified in ANZSIC.\n\nANZSIC means the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 (1292.0) published by the Australian Statistician, as revised and in force on the day this instrument commences.\n\nNote: In 2020, the text of the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification 2006 was accessible through the Australian Bureau of Statistics website (http://www.abs.gov.au).\n\ndomestic air passenger transport service means an air passenger transport service to the extent that it is provided for the purposes of air passenger transport between places within Australia.\n\nexempt supply has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\ngoods has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\nperson has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\nprice has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\nquarter means a period of 3 months ending on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December.\n\nservices has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\nState or Territory authority has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\nsupply has the same meaning as in Part VIIA of the Act.\n\nthe Act means the Competition and Consumer Act 2010.\n\nPart 2—Price monitoring of domestic air passenger transport services and related goods and services\n\n5  Object\n\n  The object of this instrument is to monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of domestic air passenger transport services, and of related goods and services, for a period of 3 years.\n\n6  Commission to monitor prices\n\n (1) Under subsection 95ZE(1) of the Act, the Commission is directed:\n\n (a) to monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of goods and services by persons in the air passenger transport service industry; and\n\n (b) to give the Treasurer a report on the monitoring at least once every quarter that starts during the period of 3 years beginning at the commencement of this instrument.\n\n (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to:\n\n (a) an exempt supply; or\n\n (b) the supply of a good or service by a State or Territory authority.\n\n7  Direction to give special consideration to specified matters\n\n  Under subsection 95ZH(1) of the Act, the Commission is directed to give special consideration to:\n\n (a) the object of this instrument; and\n\n (b) monitoring the prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of:\n\n (i) domestic air passenger transport services; and\n\n (ii) goods and services that are related to the supply of domestic air passenger transport services;\n\nin exercising its powers and performing its functions under Part VIIA of the Act in relation to the direction in section 6.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument establishes a new, time-limited monitoring task rather than amending existing statutory scope. It defines the monitored population by ANZSIC and excludes exempt supplies and State/Territory authorities (sections 4 and 6(2)); there is no text indicating a change from an earlier scope within the instrument itself."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 for key terms and ACCC powers (instrument relies on subsections 95ZE(1) and 95ZH(1))","Use of ANZSIC classification to define the industry scope (definition in section 4)","Temporal scope: fixed 3-year monitoring period and quarterly reporting requirement (sections 5 and 6(1)(b))","Specified exclusions for exempt supplies and State/Territory authorities narrow application (section 6(2))","Instruction to give 'special consideration' to particular matters without prescribing enforcement mechanisms or detailed methodology (section 7) — leaves substantive discretion to the ACCC"],"plain_english_summary":"This Direction requires the ACCC to monitor prices, costs and profits for domestic air passenger transport and related goods and services for three years, and to report to the Treasurer at least quarterly. It applies to businesses in the ANZSIC-defined air passenger transport industry, excluding exempt supplies and State/Territory authorities, and does not itself set prices or penalties."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains a narrow, focused scope consistent with its title and apparent original intent. It targets a specific industry (domestic air passenger transport) for a fixed time period (3 years) with a single clear purpose (price monitoring). There is no evidence of scope creep or expansion beyond the original monitoring mandate."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 7 sections across 2 Parts","Minimal defined terms (12 definitions, mostly incorporating definitions from the parent Act by reference)","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic — only one simple exemption in section 6(2)","Single clear objective with straightforward reporting obligation","Heavy reliance on external references (Part VIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010) rather than creating new substantive rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the ACCC to monitor domestic airline prices, costs and profits for three years, reporting quarterly to the Treasurer. Made in June 2020 amid COVID-19, it targets Australian domestic carriers and related services (fares and add‑ons) to ensure pricing transparency and fair recovery. It excludes international services, state/territory government-run operations and supplies already exempt under the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020","history":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/competition-and-consumer-price-monitoring-domestic-air-passenger-transport-direction-2020/documents"}}